2010 North Carolina Regional
 

I have gotten the word that North Carolina will be having a FRC regional this upcoming season of 2010.

It will take place in March at Raliegh's Dorton Arena, part of the NC State Fairgrounds. Still waiting on final confirmations of dates.

I hope to see you there.

Matt
FRC Team 2108
Cary, NC

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Will there be an official announcement of this like there was in Atlanta in 2008 about new regionals? This would be an awesome addition to 11's beloved southern regionals! Palmetto, Chesapeake, VCU, and now NC! Awesome.

We've never been to Peachtree or Florida.

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Cool, I guess if I go to NC State next year there will be a regional right there :D

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Paul Gudonis announced this at a local conference last night. I believe they are waiting to confirm dates before an offical announcement comes out. We are expecting it in the next few days.

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Sweet!

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Mechkrunch,

Dorton Arena is attached to Carter-Finely Stadium (NC State football) and the RBC Center (NC State basketball and Carolina Hurricanes hockey).

Hopefully, in the coming years we can move the competition to the RBC Center. The downside is that competition falls right in the middle of hockey and basketball seasons.


Matt

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Is there any official word of this on the FIRST website to confirm this news?

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I drove by all three of them when I was in Raleigh and even though none of them are on campus the new regional will be a lot closers than VCU or Palmetto.

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Well, team 1261 goes to P'tree (a 2 minute drive) and Palmetto (a 1 hr drive) so I'm not sure if we'll be doing to NC. There are factors such as money, will-power, school administration happiness, grades, and many other things that'll determine as to whether or not we'd be able to attend.

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It is doubtful, but it would be excellent if the NC, SC and GA regionals were all on different weekends.

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Well, it'd be a good idea to make them on different weekends. I mean all regionals are within a few hours drive from each other and I'm sure that they could get a decent number to come to all 3.

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We would love to see MORT at Lonestar! :)

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I'm not actually sure if that'd be a big problem. Only eleven teams in North Carolina competed last year, which made it relatively easy to map them out here. The lion's share of the teams in the state already are in the Raleigh area, or at least far closer to it than the current options that teams choose (various permutations of Peachtree, Palmetto, and VCU, with only a couple going to Chesapeake or DC).

Ignoring pesky things like scheduling and loyalties, I would expect to see the biggest losses to hit VCU and Peachtree. Many of the teams that go to VCU presently only go to one regional, while many teams go to Peachtree along with Palmetto (or sometimes VCU), especially in that northeast corner of the state. Assuming that they bite on a regional in their backyard and have to cut one of their older events, I would expect many of them to pick Palmetto over Peachtree for proximity (it's some 90 miles closer) and other reasons. Ditto the inevitable crop of rookies that will pop up around this event that find themselves receiving enough money to pick another event.

Keep Palmetto and this North Carolina regional far enough apart on the calendar, and I think it'd work out.

Did anyone else notice that only three states--Delaware, Rhode Island, and Maine--remain until FRC has swept I-95?

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We would like the NC regional to be a different weekend from the SC and VCU regionals. This soon before competition the weekend for NC will probably depend on the arena's and the state fairgrounds' schedule.

The Chesapeake, VCU, Peachtree and currently the Palmetto regionals are all coordinated by the Virginia FRC Director and co-director. My guess is that the new NC Director will probably be taking responsibility over for the Palmetto regional.

We'll see how things are scheduled and how FIRST moves things around.

Matt

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Are there any other regionals (2009-2010) being announced ?

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Guess not... YAY RUMORS!!! w00000!!!! :rolleyes:


But none-the-less, it DOES look like a pretty neat venue:
http://www.ncstatefair.org/dorton.htm

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Bleachers full of yellow and black :D

Well since it was announced today that competition season will be only 5 weeks I wonder which regionals are being squished together in one weekend.

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Dont forget us.... that is if we decide to go... ^__^

NC regional.... interesting.

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The only week 6 regionals were the Minnesota events and the MSC, so I'm thinking it's safe to assume those are just being moved around rather than everything compressing.

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Come to Florida, the bleachers are yellow and black.

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We can paint the George R. Brown Convention Center bleachers for you...:)

I understand that week 4 will have the most competitions, with week 5 being the lightest.

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That was an awesome conference and a great speech!
Looking forward to working with the Awkward Turtles this coming year and attending the Tarheel Regional! :D

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VCU is always packed in with 65+ teams. I would expect that VCU-attending teams would appreaciate more than 7 matches with fewer teams. Only attending 7 matches in an entire season is somewhat depressing cost-wise when you compare it to the Michigan model where teams had 20+ matches by default (who also proved to be statistically superior in Atlanta...).

This also allows the Charlotte Metro area to finally get off its butt and have a home regional. Compared to the amount of tech. (think UNC-Charlotte area) firms in Charlotte, there have been relatively few FRC teams over the years.

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I emailed the regional director for N.C. and it looks like the new Tarheel regional will be in the Dorton Arena during week 5. But she cautioned that it wasn't 100% official. She also stated the VCU, MD, and DC would not conflict. GA is week 1, and SC is week 4.

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Team 79 is on the wait list for the NC Regional. We might look into the other regionals that week but we hope to get in for Raleigh.

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Bacon is a go for NC Regional....I can see us sharing a bus with Krunch or BAD!! Cant wait

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Well this is ideal timing. While some sick-nasty notorious florida teams are coming to my home state, I'll be 2,000 miles away (probably taking exams). Hopefully I can watch via webcast....

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Stalkers - you found us in CT last year, and now you'll find us in Raleigh. Should be a fun time!

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mmmm KRUNCHy E.L.I.T.E Bacon

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79 is also going to Lone Star ! The only non-Texas team to register so far.
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....=2010&event=tx

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Chimera 832 is wait-listed for NC also. See you guys in a few hours at TNT!

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NC Waitlist
79
832

Add 1319 to that wait list. Hope we get in. Anyone else waitlisted or know of any teams waitlisted?

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I believe we have been taken off the waitlist and transfered to The Lone Star Regional.

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Hello all! Team 1519 Mechanical MAYHEM is excited to be attending/competing in North Carolina this year!

Can't wait for April now!:yikes:

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I'm excited to be staying closer to home this year but I'll surely miss the folks we've been competing with at Peachtree for the last four years. I see Kell is already signed up, and here's hoping Flash and Chimera make it through the wait list. Hope to see you there!

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I'm excited about the new North Carolina regional, as I get to be the Lead Robot Inspector. It will be great to see some old friends and make some new ones. If any mentors would like to pitch in and be on the inspection team, you can sign up through VIMS and/or drop me a Private Message.

Sincerely,
Andy Baker

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Another good reason for our team to get into NC. I hope we can make.

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Team Krunch just got admitted to NC. I can't wait to see the inaugural event.

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This is going to be a BLAST!!!

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Team Awkward Turtle (2108) is excited to have a regional event in our back yard! If you are coming to Raleigh in April and have any questions about the area, please ask us! Turtles2108@gmail.com

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832 has cleared the wait list and will be in attendance. See you in NC!

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Thats great!! :D Can't wait to see 832 and all the other teams signed up.

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Great news! C'mon Flash, c'mon Flash (fingers crossed) ......

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It appears to be shaping up to be a great event. We have our fingers crossed as well as far as getting in. It would be great to be a part of the inaugural event. Hope to see everyone there, and good luck this season, it won't be long now.

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Yay 832!!!! I missed you guys at TNT this year. This competition is gonna be intense :yikes:

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this looks to be a great inaugral event 2228 is coming down. I hope flash can get in

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Everyone's hopes and our dreams have been answered .... WE ARE IN! Can't wait, it is sure to be a great event and we look forward to playing with old and new friends.

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Fantastic news, Flash!

As excited as I am about our pals from Peachtree coming to our neighborhood to play, I'm also excited about welcoming teams from all over the world (Brasil) and my homeland, the Northeast. It's going to be great.

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congratulations to flash for making it cant wait to play with old teams and new teams from arounf the world