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One thing you learn very quickly in FIRST is that theory and practice are two completely different things.
When all those teams actually sign up I'll say they're coming. Since they haven't I would say for now they aint coming.

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That being said the rookie teams from Pittsford and McQuaid have signed up.

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oh all i meant was i thought that those were teams to possibly come not saying that they were coming but thats ok thans for the update i know spencerport is giving pittsford a robot

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They have two robots.

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yeah from what i heard last myears competition bot and another one made out of wood that is like a catapult design i know they brought them both to the rally last year

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Yes. :D

Top post! 450....oh....darn.

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so 48 you are coming

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IMO, it'll still be a blast with any number of teams. That being said, 24+ teams is always better, and it looks like we're going to make it. Yay!

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yes i know looks to exceed 24 teaams with so many good teams coming so excited

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I figured I'd try to get you to ask one more time. :)

A subset of Team 48 is coming. We are signed up as Team 48. No students will attend (we already went to Kettering Kickoff this year). We're using 48's robot to allow 379 to field a 2nd drive team.

Several Team 48 mentors and alumni may attend to help out in the pits and such. We're all riding up together on 379's bus. 1:30 AM departure time - awesome.

I believe I will also offer up my face as a target in some pie thing I've heard about. But we all know you'd rather toss at Cormier.

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ok so you 48 and 379 robots will be there sweet

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did you guys receive my volunteer request stuff?

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so that makes 20 teams can someone give us an updated team list

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hey when does registration close

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how come 1528 and 2719 are not registered any more

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They dropped out.
We now have 18 teams.

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do you know if more teams are registering

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I would definitely buy tickets for that.

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If we only have 18, could we do 6 alliances of 3 or something similar? I personally would rather have less alliances of 3 than more alliances of 2. But then again, hopefully more teams will register.

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i still think we have a shot though at 24 teams

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If we need to make a cut somewhere, we typically have cut number of alliances and kept the alliance count to three teams. All this means is less finals time which either means more time for qualifiers or fun events.

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do you have any news on if any more teams are signing up

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We aren't meeting again til next Wednesday so we won't know til then.

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when does registration close

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Sounds good to me. More matches are always fun. And so is fun stuff.

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i know it sounds great just hope we get a full house for a regional experience

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only 15 days left cant wait

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does anyone know if 2719 and 1528 are planning on signing back up and when does registration close as i have noticed alot of rochester teams not signed up

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only 2 weeks left i can hardly wait looks to be a good ruckus as always:D

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Our team has run into some trouble and we're wondering if anyone can help us out.
After running our 09 robot in 3 parades and several demos, replacing wheels, encoders, and code, she's finally broken down on us a lot earlier than we'd predicted. As it stands, she's in no shape to be run in another match without a lot of time and energy spent on repairs.
Team 578 has always loved going to the Ruckus every year, and we registered to do both the Vex and FRC events this year, but we're afraid we might have to pull out of FRC because of our robot woes.
Are there any teams that have a practice robot or spare robot they'd be willing to let our team borrow for the day, so that we could let new members get drive experience and enjoy the fun of an FRC competition? I realize this is kind of sudden, but we just decided last weekend that our robot was beyond repair.
If anybody is able to help us out in the spirit of Gracious Professionalism, our team would be incredibly thankful!

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I'll talk with 1511 about it today.

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I did hear that the Spencerport team has an extra robot. They were willing to lend it to the Rookie Pittsford team for the ruckus. They probably would do the same for this case. Contact them.

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i will talk with 2228 also i heard you might be able to use greeces robot

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hey 578 do you have an update for us

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I talked over the possibilities with my team advisors today, and they seemed interested and said they would start contacting teams tomorrow. We didn't get any robots secured as of yet.

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well 2228 meets tommorrow and im going to see if we can secure one for you guys

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Who's ready? Who's excited? Let's Party.... Soon...

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you know i am alex

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We now have 21 teams registered! Check the website for the full list. It's going to be a great year this year!! I can't wait to see everyone!!

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ny idea of more teams that are coming other than those on the website such as 424 and 1450

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I only see 20 teams.
Is 578 back on board?

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do you mean that you see no more teams registering than the ones already registered

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Pittsford will be using the 424 robot from last year. I don't know about 1450.

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is there an update on team 578 and when does registration close

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does anybody know of more teams that bare registering and is 578 competing

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I sent out an email to every contact I could locate on the teams attending the Ruckus last night; no responses 24 hours later. If I don't get any by the end of the weekend, 578 will unfortunately not be participating in the Lunacy part of this year's Ruckus. :(

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ask the spencerport team for there 2nd robot there bringing as pittsford is using 424 robot

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hey theres only 8 days left any news on more teams registering

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What's on the page is who is registered.
Do yu realize that you are basically talking to yourself in this thread?
You need less sugar.

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Don't rain on his parade Ed. Remember when you were that EXCIETED to participate?

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Do I need to bring wireless headset mikes this year?

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Oh i know i am a bit redundant but this is my last year on robotics as a student and really excited for the ruckus

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Who's up for Laser Tag on Friday (Steve you can't come)?

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Let's hope everything runs smoothly this year. There's no point loading up teams with bots that barely work if it means they'll be spending more time troubleshooting than competing. Are you going to be having 18 teams running matches so frequently that they can't even get to their pit before being queued? or is it going to be a more relaxed evenly paced event this year?

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Just got a financial "boost" from my parents covering bus tickets to Rochester. I'm excited! Once I get all of my tests out of the way, all I have to do is label all of my Vex parts, build what I can in Troy, and finalize designs (figuring out how to mount the "towers" that will hold the gears holding the arms on is probably trickiest... and how to scrap independently actuated tread in favor of a sliding door... with parts I don't have on hand). Oh, and I have to get EasyC working.

Does it make sense for me to sign up as a volunteer also, or should I just see where I can help when I get there?

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Good news- thanks to a generous offer from the X-Cats, team 578 will be able to attend the Ruckus and borrow their practice robot to compete in the Lunacy competition. Our team is eternally grateful for all the teams who offered to help us out, and it means a lot to us that we'll still be able to attend our favorite off-season event. :D

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What is the happy medium between ensuring lots of playing time and allowing for pit time for repairs and recovery? I think they are prepping match schedules starting tonight (the close of registration is today). I'll make sure they hear this feedback!

From what I understand, official volunteer registration is closed, but I'm sure there will be ways you can help out the day of the event!

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Dan - you snuck in while I was replying to the other posts! That is wonderful! Yahoo!!! :D

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Four Days Left!!! Who's Excited?!

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...No one is excited?...

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We're speechless. ;)

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I think that's better for all of us.

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So I heard some pretty bad news from home unfortunately, so I won't be able to make the Ruckus this weekend. (Don't worry, it's not too serious, stuff just came up) Sorry, I really wanted to go. If I'm not there next year I'll eat my cheese hat!

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Unfortunately, you must not have received the memo. Hopefully a pie in zee face will silence you.

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I am! I didn't it to the ruckus my freshman year so this will be my first time going. :]

PS- Does everyone get a pie in the face? :yikes:

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I'm SO excited for Ruckus! I can't wait - this will be my first event with 229. See y'all there! :)

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NO. The ones that you can count on are Libby and Alex. Most likely Koko Ed, Kim, if she is there, and maybe 1 or 2 more. Bring cash so that you can buy tickets for the draws. If your number is drawn by the "volunteer", you get to give them a Pie-in-the-Eye. This is a yearly tradition that always seems to "mess" up the finals. The BIGGEST attraction is Alex who seems to be able to get 90% of the pie in his mouth. Big target I guess and it is never closed. ::safety::

You can see one of the Refs finally getting theirs : http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/25808

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i am so excited for the ruckus with only one day left

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Well gotta finish up classes today and then I'm heading out early to setup the field. I will see some of you later today and most of you all tomorrow. Make sure you stop by the production table to say hi! It's my first Ruckus I haven't reffed at. It should be fun! :D

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Another Great event! Thanks to all the volunteers and teams who helped make it possible. Congrats to 191, 1511, and 2340!

Also....pie photos will be up soon...

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I'm pretty sure artificial whipped topping makes a great hair conditioner....

Thank you to all of those involved in putting on a great event. Both 379 and 48 had a great time, and we would not hesitate to come back if the event fits our schedule next fall.

Congratulations to all finalists and winners - by the way, I so called that 48-48 tie in the finals, right down to that beautiful score. :cool:

Thanks to our good friends and NEOFRA partners on 379 for giving us a ride to the event and supplying a 2nd drive team for our robot - you guys did an outstanding job! I think everyone was also impressed with your own robot modifications you worked so hard on the past few months - you should be proud of your accomplishments! Thank you for selecting us - it was awesome being on the same alliance as you - thanks also to 1405 for rounding out the alliance and tolerating my "energetic" coaching style. :)

Thanks to 1511 for giving us a glimpse of the new Classmate PC driver station/dashboard.

Finally, thanks to those who allowed me to participate in the pie in the eye event, giving one of our mentors the chance to get me back on behalf of all the team for all the crap I put them through each year. A special shout out to the girl who totally blasted Koko Ed (and half the audience and gym floor).

Keep up the great work, all!

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thanks to 3173 and 1551 for a great alliance and making it to the finals and congratulations to 191 1511 and 2340 for a terrific game

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The Ruckus was a GREAT success and awesome event! I had the opportunity to both volunteer and play matches together, and I even got to Pie Goodman in the face :)

I got a first hand experience at Coaching for the Quarter, Semi and Finals, and it was INSANE!

Thanks to all the teams that came out, and congrats to the finalists and winners!

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Here is a link for an old Pie-in-the-Eye event at Ruckus. A few other people, Kim and I, were not caught on film. I was told that the videos would be up within a week or so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEHEevvexKw

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Ruckus was great!!!

I had a fun time as a referee, although I never managed to catch Jason Rees cheating during the mentor matches! :(

Congratulations to the winning alliance of 191, 2340 and 1511 on a tremendous effort! And congratulations to all the teams that competed! It was especially fun knowing that you all were mixing up the drive team members during the qualification rounds - I loved seeing all the new faces involved!

Congrats to 1511's Ruckus VEX drivers, Kristina and Rachel, for winning the VEX competition and for being very good sports about competing! Big big thanks to Clarkson Ninja Turtles for building the extra VEX bot so we could get some hands on experiences, and for being very gracious especially when it seems they gave away the wrong robot! :rolleyes:

A huge thank you to the planning committee! All those hours made the event an overwelming success! And thanks to all the team members, mentors and parents who volunteered! And to NASA for the field! And a huge thanks to Jeff Downs for writing the code to make the field work and the display look pretty!

It was great seeing friends from a little further away - Steve, representing Canada (the Canadian National Anthem was sung just for him), Kim and Eric Eckhardt (newly transplanted to Boston, but back for Ruckus), Libby :), and Travis and the whole crew from Ohio!

I hope someone posts all the award winners soon and lots of photos! (And Koko Ed, those awards were fantastic, if I do say so myself! ;) )

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Thanks to everyone that volunteered and attended Ruckus! I hope that everyone had a great time and I look forward to seeing everyone again next year! Till then good luck with the upcoming build and competition season.

Thanks to all our pie in the eye volunteers including newcomers Libby K. and Travis H.

Thanks to NASA for use of their field during the event.

A huge thanks to the Ruckus Planning Committee which worked very hard to put this event on year after year.

Larry

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Check it out! There is now video!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=368z-BQsh9s

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Great video guys. I still would like to know what Libby did to her room mate to have such a blow delivered with the pie.

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I would like to know if you offer a class in the correct method of pie throwing. There seems to be a side > loop around > chin to forehead > plop and fold on the top of the head method. Well, and then there's the smash Ed method, too.

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Oh Steve can answer that! He gave a great lesson on pieing to ensure maximum damage.