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That sucks that all the Michigan events are full.....We were hoping to get a third event for $500....Looks like no one is going to have a chance at that.

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It's not as bad as it looks for the District events. The initial capacity they've opened up for registration has been filled, but each district has held back 15 slots to allow rookie teams, who typically register later, to get in too.
Unused slots will be turned back to general registration later and you'll have an opportunity to register for a third district event.

Finger Lakes, as an example, looked like it had reserved 20 slots for some reason, before releasing 10 more a few days ago. But based on last year's final registration of 50, they still have 10 slots held back.

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Seattle has finally listed 39 teams registered there.

Up to 1250 teams registered now, about a week ahead of last year's pace.
Already at 75% of the total teams last year.

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The Utah Regional upped their open capacity by 10 more teams.
Similar to what happen with Finger Lakes.

I imagine we'll see more of those capacity increases pretty soon.

Just about at the 80% mark of teams registered last year.
1337 leet!

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DC is now at published capacity.
(3:30pm - Midwest has filled too)
(9am,Oct 22 - Peachtree is full)
(Oklahoma has just one initial slot open)
All three have probably at least 10 slots held in reserve for late registering rookies and waitlist teams that may add on after today, so don't be shy about signing up, even though it looks full right now.

Waitlist teams in Michigan have been moved off the district waitlists.
Expect to see these top out at 40 teams each.
Kettering: 33
Traverse: 33
Ann Arbor: 29
Cass Tech: 26
W. Mi.: 37
Detroit: 28
Troy: 32

Boilermaker add one team off the waitlist.
Boston dropped one, then added one.


Over 1400 teams now (1402).

Registration is ahead of last year at this same time (~9%), but not by last year's margin over the year before that (~15%).

Should have a healthy increase before 2nd regional registration opens tomorrow. Of course after 2nd registration, open capacity will quickly fill up and we won't be able to see where the waitlists stand.

Here are some stats on the eve of the second registration rush.
Some region codes are left to the reader to figure out what country they belong to. :p

Here's where the Regionals stand as of 9am before 2nd Registration opens at noon. I added an estimate of the unpublished full capacity based purely on last year's attendance (and Philly's last time at Drexel). Traditionally, FIRST makes events hold back 10 slots, but that varies if they expect explosive growth in rookies in a particular area. In my experience these capacity totals are not absolute. Some venues can squeeze in a few more if push comes to shove, but that's completely at the discretion of each Regional Director and FIRST HQ and how the event furniture can be rearranged.
Red simply indicates that the event has reached it's initial published capacity.

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Figured it out.

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What is the date for registration for a third district in Michigan?

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More events filled up quickly as you'd expect.
Championship only had 24 open slots and they were gone in seconds.

San Diego, Finger Lakes, Greater Kansas, New Jersey, NYC, WPI, North Carolina are all at currently released capacity. If you're already on the waitlist by now, then you'll probably get in to those events.

P.S. Oklahoma and Connecticut are now full too (5pm)

P.P.S Buckeye is full (9pm)

Michigan 2nd event registration should be open, but it won't show up on my out-of-state TIMS selections.

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I called FIRST and they said Michigan 3rd events will be announced at a later date.

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I didnt understand what was happening with signing up for CMP.
At 6:00am Hawaii time, we tried to get in repeatedly. It kept saying ineligible until about 6:10am, it finally said eligible, at which time we got waitlisted.:confused:
I called FIRST about 6:05am and they said it was probably because the official eligibility sign up was tomorrow.:confused:
I didnt believe it still trying.

Then I called back and said we got waitlisted (eligible). Two weeks ago, they said getting in was based on who paid first, and so on. When I asked, they said that policy got changed back to who signed up first because people complained about not being able to pay on the spot.
Personally, I think the issue went from one complaint type to another. Now, its about who can get through the system faster than others. Hawaii always had a hard time signing up for these situations due to our location. We tried Florida several years ago and couldnt get in for an hour. By the time we got on, we knew why. Everyone that wanted to sign up, already did and filled the regional.
What about teams that are prepared to pay and do what it takes to raise the funds necessary to participate vs who can get on the fastest? :)

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Glenn- we got wait listed too. That was at 12:01 EDT after waiting for the site to accept me from the jam at 12. I called the offices to be told "well you should work really hard and make a super robot and win your way in". Gee Thanks. Unfortunately FIRST will not release WHERE on the wait list we are so I don't know if it is even possible to get in as spaces open up, and I don't want to risk not having the funds by registering for another regional. I dont know why the list is a big secret.
And frankly I am not really sure I want to make a high priced, rushed trip expedition at the last minute even if we do get in at some point late in the season. The increase in airfares and last minute rush isn't worth it.
Soo- I am going to the team next meeting to suggest we put the money saved on going to Atlanta into another shot out your way next season ; ). I'll just hate to miss playing with all our friends across the country as we do at Nats and we still havent won the Galileo division- the only win we haven't achieved..
Of course if there are still slots open for the Vegas regional we are playing there and expect to have a great time. They know how to have fun at that event.



WC

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That is a good point about showing the wait list. They did in the past, so why not continue? It gives teams info that show how realistic it is to get in.

Our team is already debating whether to use our funds for a 3rd regional vs Atlanta. We cant wait until possibly as late as the Hawaii regional to see if we qualify and then decide how to pay for a Hawaii-Atlanta trip. In 2009, we had already qualified via the CMP EI award and had ample time to plan, raise funds and prepare. The other 3 Hawaii teams that qualified were scrambling big time! Its not like they could drive there. :) :)
We are hoping that our State ROC and BAE will come through again for Hawaii teams that qualify from Hawaii. BAE has been gracious to give each team 5k to attend Atlanta the last two years (10k when we won the CA award in 2008.)

If you guys go to Vegas, see you there. Brother who lives there is getting married that weekend.

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I much preferred the pay-first/play-first method.
It certainly relieved the pressure of logging in at exactly noon to get a chance to play, and it forced teams to plan and fundraise for the next season instead of surviving hand-to-mouth.
The last person to complain to FIRST wins, but I agree with Glenn, such complaints benefit only oneself and just shifts the problem on to other teams.

Wheedling your waitlist chance out of a Regional Director just causes more aggravation for everyone involved.

If we won two weeks before Atlanta we wouldn't go on such short notice.
The stress of that is too much on everyone, unless it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

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Team 980 was on the CMP wait list last year. We went to the Las Vegas Regional thinking we had to win to get in. After we lost in the semi-finals, we thought our season was over...

We got an e-mail from FIRST on the Thursday AFTER the regional (April 2) telling us a spot had opened up for CMP. Fortunately, we had the funds available AND our robot had not yet been picked-up by FedEx in Vegas. It was a mad scramble to get travel arrangements and permissions in place, but we made it there.

This year, we'll need to earn our way to CMP.

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I got burned by this too. I was sitting on the "Add Event" page, continuously refreshing from 11:57 onwards - then had to watch the Championship capacity dwindle as 12:05 rolled by and we were still marked "ineligible". Turns out what I needed to do was to back all the way out to the main TIMS page, then go back into the add event page in order to be recognized as eligible. Hurrah for storing server information on the client side.