2009 Tempest 'N Tampa
 

2009 Tempest ‘N Tampa

http://www.roboticsboosters.com/tnt

Date:
Friday and Saturday, October 23th and 24th

Location:
The SUN DOME!!!
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33620

Schedule of Events:
Friday
Sign-in, setup, and practice Friday afternoon/evening
Tours of the USF Robotics Lab will be given Friday afternoon
Twilight practice matches, mentor matches, team games, and much much more Friday night
A Lock-In at the Sun Dome is available for FRC teams on Friday night

Saturday
FRC seeding matches begin early Saturday morning
USF College of Engineering robotics demonstrations
2009 FLL, FTC, Vex workshops, scrimmages, and exhibitions
FRC Elimination matches Saturday afternoon

Registration:
Cost is $300 for FRC teams
Registration begins May 1st, teams registering before July 1st will receive 10 free event tee shirts
Registration forms can be downloaded from the event website or through Chief Delphi here, http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2258


Team 79 Krunch and the USF College of Engineering proudly present the 3rd annual Tempest ‘N Tampa off-season robotics event. The USF Sun Dome will open its doors Friday afternoon and remain open all night so that teams traveling from near and far can come when they choose and be able to set up and practice when they arrive. In addition, we are pleased to offer FRC team members and chaperones a Team Lock-in at the Sun Dome on Friday night as a free and easy alternative to local hotels. Designated team sleeping areas, shower and bathroom facilities, security, and lots of entertainment will be provided.

We, hope you see you there!!!

For team questions email, registerTNT@gmail.com
For volunteer questions, volunteerTNT@gmail.com

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1557 WILL be there;) 2nd year.........

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Out of curiosity, what's the upper limit for number of teams this year?

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We would like to have between 20-30 this year, but there could be enough room for up to 40, you never know

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Tech tigers #1251 will be there in full force ;) to play some lunacy. I'm sure our twin brother 1902 will be around as well. Can't wait. Ohh btw if Brian needs me to Ref again I'd be glad too, he knows the email haha.

-Drew

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One day I'll actually make it to a TnT. Not this year (Ruckus is on the same weekend and has priority on my list being that I'm on the committee n' all).

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744 Shark Attack is excited to return.:D :D

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TechTigers will totally be there, LOVE Tempest 'N Tampa!

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TNT is two weeks from tomorrow and we have some final things to say to the team members attending. First, the LAN party will be back, bring your Xbox, Playstaion, TVs and games. There will be routers available. Also, remember that it gets cold at night, bring a blanket or sweat shirt. If you have any more questions please feel free to post them here.

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Can't wait. Overnight robotics competition...still brilliant.

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i agree with barry i kinda wish first would do that at regionals would be pretty cool

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That would be cool, over-night regionals.

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yeah but a very big liability for first and the universty but it would be awesome

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We have a list of teams.

21 Combbat
79 Krunch
179 Children of the Swamp
180 SPAM
233 The Pink Team
386 Voltage
665 Team MAYHEM
744 Shark Attack
801 Horsepower
832 Chimera
1251 Tech Tigers
1345 Platinum Dragons
1369 Minotaurs
1523 MARS Robotics
1592 Bionic Tigers
1649 EMS
1889 The Haze
1902 Exploding Bacon
2023 PiraTech
2383 Ninjineers
2425 Team Hydra
2757 B.A.D. (Built and Dangerous)
2797 Knight and Nerdy

Re: 2009 Tempest 'N Tampa
 

Is there going to be a webcast this year again?

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Yeah, There will be one. We will be using Ustream again this year. I will post the link for it soon.

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1557 just registered....

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Sorry for the late notice:

With the lock-in provided for TNT we always try to provide entertainment and good time for all throughout the night. One of the ways we do that is by providing hookups for a LAN party. We will be providing these again this year. Anyone who wants to bring their monitors, systems and games with them will find tables, power hookups and a 24 port switch. We've mostly had people bringing their 360s in the past, but you are welcome to bring any system you want to hookup and challenge other teams staying at the event.

As usual, we will have games on our 20-foot big screen, movies later on, music and even our Human Lunacy competition!

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Just curious, has anything volunteer-related been sent out? (I'm flexible, but I also enjoy knowing what there is to know in advance.)

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So how soon is soon? Just curious since I want to put word out to friends and family who may not be able to make it.

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Tempest n' Tampa Webcast is up!

Here is the link:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tempes...mpetition-2008

Let me know how it goes

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Ok John...I tried to check in and see how you guys were doing...but no.....Wish I was there

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From the webcast, it seemed that it was yet another quality event. Please someone post all the awards here so us. Thank you.

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I don't have everything right now but I can say that 2797 won an award. The winners were 79, 1369, 1902, 801 and finalists were 179, 744, 1889.

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Congrats to 79, 1369, 1902, 801! Wish I was there... Looked like a great event. Why wasn't 79 selected on a team in the finals?

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Since there were 24 visiting teams, team 79 elected to be the back-up bot so all the other teams could play. Team 79 was moved in during the quarter-finals.

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they asked to not be included in picking

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The final alliances were

1-1345, 233, 2556
2-2757, 1649, 2797
3-179, 744, 1889 (finalists)
4-832, 1592, 2425
5-2383, 1523, 386
6-180, 1251, 1557
7-665, 2023, 21
8-1369 (79), 1902, 801 (winners)

This is an email I received from the coach today.

It was strange yet familiar for me as circumstances unfolded yesterday; yet in hindsight it made perfect sense. I was making one of my many walks to the car yesterday morning and as I went out the back of the Dome and down the loading dock I came upon a team doing what I thought was unloading for the event; a late arrival. What I learned instead was that the Middleton High School Team was packing up to leave. It seems they had arrived without their all important radio needed to link their robot with their controller. I asked that they hold up on leaving and return to the Dome as we would find them a radio and if that proved impossible, they could use our radio when we were not on the field.
Well, that convinced them to come back into the venue to compete and my idea worked; well sort of worked until we had matches back to back or with them in the same match. It was very hectic changing the radio and reprogramming it every time. We made several announcements for a radio and finally Team 180 graciously provided a spare that worked. The Middleton team competed the rest of the day as we moved toward the seeding for the alliance picks.
This is where Ken Gardner comes in; he pulls me aside and said "Coach, we have 8 alliances with 3 teams chosen for each alliance giving a total of 24 teams competing in the final elimination rounds; however, we have 25 teams here. Wouldn't it be a great idea if Team 79 graciously backed away from being chosen to be in the finals and to compete only as an alternate?" WOW!! what a great idea; I gathered this year's student officers and explained the scenario to them and asked for them to make the decision whether we should put ourselves in a position to compete or not. Without hesitation on their part they unanimously agreed to sit out the picking of alliance teams.
The team from Middleton was in and we were out and waiting. As the elimination round began and continued throughout the afternoon the Middleton Team started experiencing mechanical difficulties. Our crack team of Honeywell engineers and students jumped in and repaired the robot and back to the floor it went to compete once again. I am not certain but, I believe their robot failed twice before the Middleton Team graciously removed themselves from the semi-final round allowing space for Team 79 to step in. And as fate would have it TEAM 79 and their alliance partners went on to "win" the competition.
But, more important than winning is the lesson we learned yesterday; it is all about the choices we make every second of every day and the circumstances that present themselves to us. If I had not found Middleton outside loading their robot into their vehicle, they would have left, leaving the magic number of 24 teams to compete in the finals and none of us would have been the wiser. But they didn't leave; we were given the opportunity to make a difference and to learn a lesson. A lesson more important than winning; a lesson about life.
And that my friends is what we are here to provide our kids. I understand why circumstances like this are placed before us; it is a long story that one day may make a great book.
Thank you again.
Best regards,
Coach

J. Paul Wahnish

Re: 2009 Tempest 'N Tampa
 

TNT made it into our local newspaper http://www.tampabay.com/news/educati...robots/1046771.

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Cool, I'm in the paper!

We (Team 832 Chimera) had a great time at TNT. Thanks to Krunch, all the teams, and all the volunteers who made the event happen.

It was thoroughly worth the approximately 960 miles round trip.

Next year ya'll come up to GRITS!