Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

whats the theme for the evil sundae this year???

i cant wait!!!!

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

since the game is Lunacy this year and the event is on Halloween I guess the Evil Sundaes need to have an Evil Halloween Alien Nature to them.

The question is- is Jane going to be there to make them? What kind of meat goes in them? Is this combination toxic......




WC :cool:

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Any rule changes in mind?

MORT would not miss this competition for the world!:D We are ready to play Lunacy one last time.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

id love to see a change to the uber strict rules agains sticking your hands through the hole at the outpost, and not picking up balls with tongs...

i know they are for the general safety of the shooters, but they are a nuisance... i spoke with a shooter from another team at the wrap party and he said that picking balls with the tongs was a pain in the neck... also, the hand through the whole rule was kinda annoying too because the amount of matches altered by it...

just my two cents...

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

The event website is now updated and ready to accept registrations. The earlier the better ; )

http://www.raiderrobotix.org/be

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Haha, any combo with Jane could be toxic, that's for sure.
I just saw this post. :)
Thank you for thinking of me in regard to the Evil Sundaes, they are truly an experience and so much fun for everyone!

I'm looking at the calendar for October 2009 and it's looking a mite busy for robotics, even down here in Texas, so I'll probably have to pass on helping make the Halloween Evil Sundaes creepy crawly spooky awesomeness. But, I will be thinking of all the great teams that will participate and the well-run event that is Brunswick Eruption. It is an excellent competition with knuckle-biting moments and great experience for the pre-rookies.

All the best with BE8!

Jane

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Can you tell me if my name is on the volunteer list cause I haven't been keeping track of what was done or not =(

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Update-

so far we have 12 teams listed for BE8 and I have been getting requests for registration every few days.


A few teams have already paid up and are ready for the event.

Our school year ends on the 19th so if you have prepayment in your plans act accordingly.


Of course registration through the BE website is open all year.

WC

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Mike- hasnt gotten to me yet.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Its a long time away so I wanted to bump this up in hopes of diversifying the pool of registered teams. If you're looking for something crazy to do the day of Halloween please come! Here's the teams listed so far:

11 - MORT - Flanders, NJ

25 - Raider Robotix - North Brunswick, NJ

103 - Cybersonics - Kintnersville, PA

222 - Tigertrons - Tunkhannock, PA

224 - The Tribe - Piscataway, NJ

303 - Panther Robotics - Bridgewater, NJ

1075 - Sinclair Sprockets - Whitby, ON, Canada

1089 - Team Mercury - Hightstown, NJ

1279 - Cold Fusion - Somerville, NJ

1302 - Revolution Robotics - Sparta, NJ

1403 - Cougar Robotics - Skillman, NJ

2554 - The War Hawks - Edison, NJ

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Thanks- I am sure we will get a bunch more as the fall season approaches.

It will be a fun day. We already have a few more that aren't listed since we haven't updated the site.


WC

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Now that IRI is over how about making some fall plans and signing up for BE8? http://www.raiderrobotix.org/be

In NJ school is 1 month away- oh no!!!


and BE8 is a mere 3 mos away.

act now- miss the fall rush ; )

The list to date- still dont see lots of our friends on it yet

Team # Team Name
11 MORT
25 Raider Robotix
103 Cybersonics
222 Tigertrons
224 The Tribe
303 Panther Robotics
1075 Sinclair Sprockets
1089 Team Mercury
1279 Cold Fusion
1302 Revolution Robotics
2554 War Hawks
1403 Cougar Robotics
369 Robobob
768 Technowarriors
555 MHS Team 555

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Brunswick Eruption 8 Update

October 31, 2009

In NJ we are just 2 weeks away from the start of the school year and I am taking these last few days of summer to work on the organization of BE8 operations.

This season team 25 is in rebuild mode since we graduated 15 seniors last June and many of our workers and their families have moved on. Wait until you see the new drive team. Our drive team coach is also getting married to another team parent the week before the event!! So we are pretty busy here...


Volunteers- Folks who want to come out and be involved should sign up through our event site (below)

Teams- we have 18 signed up so far. We will take up to another 18. Please sing up ASAP. I will be invoicing teams on about Sept 15th. All teams are welcome and we expect to have lots of fun.

Side events- FTC will have a scrimmage at the event. We will have the Evil Sundae contest at lunch time. The kids talked about another Guitar Hero tournament but that is not a confirmed activity yet.

Rules changes- we will kill the penalty for high scoring rule. Other than that it will be business as usual.

all event info and signups- http://www.raiderrobotix.org/be

We look forward to another fun event. I hope all teams consider coming out!!


The teams to date-
11 MORT
25 Raider Robotix
103 Cybersonics
222 Tigertrons
224 The Tribe
303 Panther Robotics
369 Robobob
555 MHS Team 555
768 Technowarriors
869 Power Cord
1075 Sinclair Sprockets
1089 Team Mercury
1279 Cold Fusion
1302 Revolution Robotics
1403 Cougar Robotics
2070 Ridgefield Robotics
2554 War Hawks
2752 Teen Technology

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

School for me starts tomorrow----

Tiki order has been compiled

19 teams registered so far- still need many more

Invoices to be e-mailed around the 15th for the first wave of registrants. Some already paid up.

No high score penalty in our tournament

Thats all for now

; )

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Could you post the updated team list please?:D

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Aww man, all of the newbies are in for quite a surprise. Most of them haven't even seen the robot yet. And the evil sunday should turn some stomachs. I think we should have a freshman policy. That should be their initiation!

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

11
25
75
103
222
224
303
369
555
768
869
1075
1089
1279
1302
1403
2070
2554
2752

(103 is still unconfirmed- Phil? Shaun needs to talk to coach)

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

UPDATE-

we will be AGAIN offering a Guitar Hero Tournament at BE8. Last year the event was so popular the team wants to repeat.

Players will register for a time slot in the morning as they arrive. They will compete at times throughout the day.

The finals will be played on the big screen in our commons.(really neat last year)

Winners get a portion of the registration pot and a trophy.

More details to be announced as they crystallize

WC


(BTW- we are up to 25 teams as of today- we top out in 11 more- register now)

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Hey Wayne you might want to fix our team number, its 2753. :D

Can't wait to play again, and get our new members some experience behind the wheel.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

already fixed it- pesky keys

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

As of today-9/14- we are up to 26- still haven't seen some of our NY friends..... 10 slots overall left.
11 MORT Flanders, NJ
25 Raider Robotix North Brunswick, NJ
56 Robbe Extreme Bound Brook, NJ
75 Roboraiders Hillsborough, NJ
87 RVR Robotics Rancocas, NJ
103 Cybersonics Kintnersville, Pa
222 Tigertrons Tunkhannock, Pa
224 The Tribe Piscataway, NJ
303 Panther Robotics Bridgewater, NJ
369 Robobob Grady Tech. HS, Brooklyn, NY
555 MHS Team 555 Montclair, NJ
768 Technowarriors Woodlawn HS, Baltimore, Md
869 Power Cord Middlesex, NJ
1075 Sinclair Sprockets Whitby, ON, Canada
1089 Team Mercury Hightstown, NJ
1279 Cold Fusion Immaculata HS, Somerville, NJ
1302 Revolution Robotics Pope John XXIII, Sparta, NJ
1403 Cougar Robotics Montgomery, NJ
1676 Pascack Pi-oneers Montvale, NJ
1807 Red Bird Robotics Allentown, NJ
1862 Red Raiders Cliffside Park, NJ
1923 The Midknight Inventors West Windsor, NJ
2070 Ridgefield Robotics Ridgefield, NJ
2554 War Hawks JP Stevens, Edison, NJ
2753 Teen Technology Bridgewater, NJ
3111 Robocougars Newark, NJ

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

This will be one heck of an off-season event!!
^_^

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Side Events at BE8 and a few changes

with 6 weeks to go here are a few of the things in the works

a. FTC side tourney- I am not sure if it will be this or last season's game. Either is possible and that is up to the FTC moguls in our region. Vince will tell us.

b. Beta Test Team Workshops- I've spoken to both 103 (Labview) and 1089 (Java) about hosting control system workshops. It looks very likely for both but they are awaiting their control systems.

c. Evil Sundae Contest- as before- 1 rep per team can gobble for the trophy. Bring your Pepto . Any (SAFE) suggestions what would make them especially Evil?

d. Guitar hero Tournament- individuals register in the morning for a time slot. Players duel it out for a trophy and portion of the registration pot. Finals play on the giant screen in mid -Commons

e- Awards ceremony split up- we will have some of the trophies awarded right after lunch. The tournament winners will award in the end. Should help teams eliminated and traveling far.

f. Rules changes- we wont penalize you for high scoring.


27 teams as of today. I am invoicing tonight. We can take a few more... The event is coming together

You dont want to miss it.

WC

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Lol....I wish this counted as safe...

http://carolinasauce.stores.yahoo.ne...062204841.html

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

I'm sorry we won't be able to make it this year.
Being it's Halloween we have a conflicting event. We're the main attraction at Safe Halloween for our town's wee goblins.

We'll be back next year though!

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

If Team 1986's robot is there, we are all done for... :)

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

1.5" cubes of butter - texturally gross when wet/cold
Caramels - takes time to chew when cold, can't easily swallow whole - but admittedly could be a choking hazard.
Potted meat - or maybe those pork brains in milk gravy (definitely not kosher)
Mealworms or insects? Would PETA complain if they were alive? (Maybe removing those real scorpions from their lollipop shell and putting them on top?)

That's enough for now, I think.:yikes:

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Don-

the pork brains in gravy look like a good possibility- thanks. I need to get mint ice cream to go with it.

BTW- Insect products and recipes are available from Fluker Farms in La.
I actually have a poster from them over my desk saying "We Sell Flukers Feeder Insects". They wouldn't let me hang it in the cafeteria for some reason.....

(and now I am REALLY glad I didnt eat the pie in the contest at Pascack Pandamonium)

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

As we get closer to BE8 I have some news for all involved and the FIRST community

1. as of today we are up to 29 teams. We max out at 36. Act now if you plan to attend. All teams have been invoiced by e-mail and many have paid their registrations.

2. Food Drive- this past year our team has "adopted" the North Brunswick Food Bank . This summer the team renovated the facility and painted it. Over the past few weekends we collected hundreds of canned goods at the entrances of the local markets. And the team has put in hundreds of man hours working for the bank.

Now we call on our BE8 teams. We will offer a special tiki to the team that brings the greatest number of non- perishable food items to BE8. Teams attending the workshops and not playing can participate too. Consider canned goods your ticket to the workshops.
(cans of coffee get a triple count score!!!!!- they are the hardest donation to get and much sought by the families)

Nearly 400 families in our town rely on the food bank. And the holidays are coming!!

3. Workshops- aside from the two Beta Test expo workshops, we will offer a range of workshops in both FTC and FRC areas, these being offered by a diverse group of teams and adult leadership. Topics will be sent to the teams as we crystallize them but our event will mimic the FRC events that precede the Championships.

Thats all for now. We are working hard to make sure that this event is a lot of fun. Dont miss it!!

WC

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Update-

with 29 days til BE8 here is the latest-

1. we are up to 31 teams. The max we will take is 36 but it would be nice to get at least 33 so we have 11 equal alliance groups and no matches are played with "bye" teams

2. Our food drive to date has collected nearly 900 items. The collection at BE8 hopefully will bring this up to 2500 (a goal). Remember- ground coffee counts for 3.

3, we will be using the NASA field. The regolith is a patchwork arrangement. Teams at Duel will see what I am talking about. Again- we will not penalize high scores by removing empty cells or supercells.


That's it for now. If you are thinking- "gee we should go" then you probably should and better get registered now through the event site below in this thread.

WC

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

I wish I could come again this year, it is always a great time! This year it conflicts with my daughter's family weekend at college! Maybe next year!

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

I am working on my costume already. And, canned food will accompany.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Can't wait for Brunswick, even though its gonna be a challenge with our team (806) being made up of mostly rookies. still gonna be fun though. competitions always are.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Everyone will always be there to help if you need it.

Can't wait till Halloween! :D Should be fun as always.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Has anyone thought of the idea of doing trick or treat in the pits? I want some candy! :P

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

By the looks of this, maybe we should have a best costume award.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

My friend and I had an idea of getting gummy tools and legos, and put a bowl of them in our pit. You can actually make gummy legos!! ^___^

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

What is the pre-rookie discount? My team is contemplating going, although we don't have all the details ironed out yet. It looks like a lot of fun. :)

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Teams who bring a Pre-Rookie team and allow them to compete using an older robot refitted to play Lunacy will only pay a $100 registration fee while the Pre-Rookie is given free admission. A team who brings two Pre-Rookies along will receive free admission!

For more information see the official Brunswick Eruption 8 website.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

We should have a contest to see who can decorate their robot as colorful as they can. LOLZ

Or just a costume competition FOR HUMANS

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Robots dress accordingly to their names :)

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

This idea I do like! I second having a best costume award :cool:

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Having a best costume award would be awesome!!

I know that some of my fellow team members will be wearing costumes, so it would be really fun to have at least a parade for those who will be in costume.

just my $.02

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

I'm hoping some teams bring me some gummy worms...

We're ready for another great time at BE. New drive team, new alliance partners, and costumes and candy? Sounds like fun.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

ok... so we're about 2 weeks from competition... can you update the list of participating teams??? and what do we have to change the modem for competition like in other comprtitions (such as regionals, monty, br2, etc.)?

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

I will be sending out an update in the next few days

be sure tohave your programming laptop,modems and dongle with you. Last week at DoD there were field issues that required them and we want all teams to be prepared

we are sitting at 31 teams. Almost all are registered and paid.

Expect a team contact email this weekend

wc

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

ok. no problem. we'll make sure to bring it!:)
just wanted to see if our team was on the updated list...
and all the rules for the game will stay the same for competition???
and what is DoD?

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

DoD = Duel on the Delaware, an off-season event run by teams 365 and 316. It happened last week.

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

ah. that sounds cool. i might have to tell my team about that.
what kind of field problems were there?

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

I just sent the team contacts an information packet so look out for it...

The FRC workshops being presented- open to everybody whether your team is playing or not.

Admission- any items for the Food Bank food drive


8:45 am Design Process – Team 75

9:45 am Beta Controller Labview -- Team 103

10:45 am Beta Controller Java -- Team 1089

11:45 am Fundraising, Judges, Awards –
Donald Bowers and Team 75

12:45 pm Mechanical Workshop –Team 75

1:45 pm Electrical Workshop -- Team 75

2:45 pm Putting it all together: Mechanical/Electrical/Programming -- Team 56


As of today- 31 teams playing.

2 weeks and counting

WC

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

ok. sounds pretty good. ill make sure to check and see if we got it.
nice heads up on the workshops.
and what is the updated team list???
sad face :(

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Can you please post an updated team list?
We're really excited about this upcoming competition, thanks to all who are helping to put this together!

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

I so wish I could be there. It's going to be so weird missing Brunswick Eruption... for the first time in my life! I hope you all have a great time- I'll miss all my old friends :(

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

So pumped for a great Halloween at Brunswick. We should have a ton of kids coming along with the new rookie teams who are tagging along. See you all soon. :)

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Here you are:
11
25
56
75
87
102
103
136
219
222
224
303
369
555
768
806
869
1075
1089
1279
1302
1403
1676
1807
1862
1923
1989
2070
2180
2458
2554
2590
2753
2866
4500 -Bergenfield Pre-rookie

Also, please don't forget about the Food Bank food drive, the workshops that are being hosted by various teams, and the Guitar Hero tournament (GH registration starts at 8 AM)! It's going to be a fun-packed event. I can't wait to see everyone there!

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Don't forget to post photos of the Evil Sundaes and their secret ingredients - or at least hints after the event. I loved helping make them evil last year. It was great fun! Actually, I loved the whole visit and am sorry to miss it this year. :)

Good luck teams!

Jane

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

I better be amused by funny costumes. I'll be sporting this little guy during elimination matches, feel free to give me lots of candy.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-1865647..._2077_30737551

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Well that was fun. I missed the evil sundae though... I heard something about stuffed olives...?

Our alliance managed to get all the way to the finals,
Alliance 7 (1989, 56, 1807) vs. Alliance 1 (2753, 1923, 1302)

Our alliance had a bit of problems, as 1807's ball collector literally started smoking mid-game, and our orbit ball basket somehow got all bent up and wouldn't dispense properly, so we had to resort to using defensive maneuvers and super cells as there wasn't enough time for repairs.

Congrats to everyone who participated!

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Wish we would've stayed for elims. :o

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

1989 is a team that came out of nowhere to almost take it! Nothing to diminish their alliance partners, who were all that they needed to be.

Taking the initiative to redesign the robot as practice for the upcoming season appears to have paid off in more than one way: The idea worked in competition (OK, it kinda went kablooey near the end, but until then it was far better...) AND all the newer kids got to understand what it takes to build something - that'll serve you well come January 9.

Plus, 1989 got to see first-hand just what it will take to go all the way to the finals. I saw a LOT of panic on the team - starting with alliance selection - so you will want to control that at Javits, but you did pull together for the most part.

I also saw some team members who weren't doing anything, while others were frantic. You need to utilize all of your team members in those situations, and preparation and training of every member in every job is the key. OK, not everyone will be an expert, but anyone should be able to shout to anyone else "Go get a #35 master link" and be completely understood. Work on that between now and January, since you have the possibility of being an awesome team this year - but only if you use the whole team...

Good job altogether!

Don

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Hmm..so we're not the only team who's had a smoking robot on the field...

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Brunswick Eruption 8- The Results

Here are the results of yesterday's BE8

winners- 2753,1923 and 1302
finalists- 1989,1807,56

Evil Sundae Winner- 222
Alumni Favorite Robot- 768
Mike's Favorite Award ( mem: Mike Wade)- 1075
Food Drive Champions- 1279
Best Autonomous Mode- 222
Aloha Spirit Award- 1089
Army Strong Robot- 2753
DBAB Smart Play Award (mem: Dave Beck)- 56

Big Kahuna Awards- Bharat Nain and Lauren Aretakis
Filed Ops Juggler Awards- Pete Kieselbach , Mike Nasson and Sara Neid

Thanks to all 33 teams attending for coming out and especially for your patience with us through all the field issues.

Huge thanks to all of the volunteers that helped our event run.

WC

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Hey- we have our event in a public school and there is NO SMOKING anywhere on the premesis

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Does anyone have a video of the last-second double Super Cell score we made into 768's trailer? I know some other people were recording the matches. I think it was in QF 2-1.

I was in the middle of recording it but my camera's memory card ran out of space 2 seconds before we scored...

Some past members of our team don't believe we actually did it...

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

that match made me cry:(
and i wish i had videotaped that round. i just enjoyed pinning the one team against our wall and just dumping all of the balls in their trailer. i heard they freaked out when we did it!:D :D

hope to be back next year for BE9!
PEACE OUT!!!!!

Re: Brunswick Eruption 8 -October 31
 

Yeah, I was sad to hear that team 11 had left! There were a lot of teams including us who were ready to pick you guys!! Oh well...

But in regards to the overall competition, I for one can say I had the best halloween I've ever had! A big thank you to all the volunteers and those working on the field all day during the competition.

I'd also like to thank our alliance partners 1923 and 1302. It was a blast to play and strategize with you guys! Also thanks to Alliance #7 (1989, 1807, & 56) for 3 well-fought finals matches that made the competition so exciting!

And a final big thanks to Team 25 for hosting this great off-season event!