2010 Monty Madness
 

We'd like to go for the first time this year. Anyone have info on it, or how to register?

(I used the search tool, couldn't find anything about it.)

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Hey I'm from team 1403 and we host Monty Madness. Can you give me an email address? I can email you the registration form and you can mail it in.

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flyingcow93g@verizon.net

Thanks!

Also, Just wondering, will you be using the new ranking system?

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I've sent you a registration form.

I'm not sure about the ranking system yet. I'll get back to you on that.

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Are there still spots available at Monty Madness? 1796 would like to attend this year, I know we are super late.

If there is still a spot you can email robotigers1796@yahoo.com the form.

Thank You.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

http://www.montymadness.org/

There's the link for the event. It's Saturday May 15th at Montgomery Township High School in Skillman, NJ.

Cass

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Thanks, mailing it out tonight.

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Looks like we've got a great list of teams coming.

FRC Teams Attending Monty Madness 2010



FRC Team 11 MORT Mount Olive High School, Flanders, NJ

FRC Team 56 Robbe Xtreme Bound Brook High School, NJ

FRC Team 219 Team Impact Warren Hills Regional High School, Washington NJ

FRC Team 224 The Tribe Piscataway High School, NJ

FRC Team 271 Mechanical Marauders Bay Shore High School, Bay Shore, NY

FRC Team 303 Panther Robotics Bridgewater High School, NJ

FRC Team 341 Miss Daisy Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA

FRC Team 369 High Voltage William E. Grady Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY

FRC Team 484 The Haverford Vikings Haverford High School, PA

FRC Team 869 PowerCord Middlesex High School, NJ

FRC Team 1089 Team Mercury Hightstown High School, NJ

FRC Team 1279 Cold Fusion Immaculata High School, Somerville, NJ

FRC Team 1302 Revolution Robotics Pope John Regional High School, Sparta, NJ

FRC Team 1340 Adams Robotics John Adams High School, Ozone Park, NY

FRC Team 1367 Barringer Barringer High School, Newark, NJ

FRC Team 1396 PYROBOTS Tottenville High School, Staten Island, NY

FRC Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Montgomery Township High School, NJ

FRC Team 1640 Sab-BOT-age Downingtown Area School District, Downingtown, PA

FRC Team 1647 The Iron Devils Seneca Shawnee High Schools, Tabernacle & Medford, NJ

FRC Team 1880 Warriors of East Harlem East Harlem Tutorial Program, New York City, NY

FRC Team 2070 The Pirates Ridgefield Memorial High School, NJ

FRC Team 2180 Zero Gravity Steinert High School, Hamilton, NJ

FRC Team 2285 Blue Knights Irvington High School, NJ

FRC Team 2495 Hornets Hamilton High School West, NJ

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

We still have 17 open spots for the FRC competition at Monty Madness as of now. The website as mentioned before is www.montymadness.org. If your team cannot make it, we would appreciate any volunteers. Or come out and enjoy some post-season competition.

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It looks like there are only 5 spots available still....

FRC Team 11 MORT Mount Olive High School, Flanders, NJ
FRC Team 56 Robbe Xtreme Bound Brook High School, NJ
FRC Team 103 Cybersonics Palisades High School, Kintnersville, PA
FRC Team 219 Team Impact Warren Hills Regional High School, Washington NJ
FRC Team 224 The Tribe Piscataway High School, NJ
FRC Team 271 Mechanical Marauders Bay Shore High School, Bay Shore, NY
FRC Team 293 SPIKE Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington, NJ
FRC Team 303 Panther Robotics Bridgewater High School, NJ
FRC Team 341 Miss Daisy Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA
FRC Team 369 High Voltage William E. Grady Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY
FRC Team 484 The Haverford Vikings Haverford High School, PA
FRC Team 522 The Robo Wizards MKee Vocational Technical High School, Staten Island, NY
FRC Team 613 The RoboWarriors Franklin High School, Somerset, NJ
FRC Team 806 Brooklyn Blacksmiths Xaverian High School, Brooklyn, NY
FRC Team 834 SPARTECHS Southern Lehigh High School, Center Valley, PA
FRC Team 869 PowerCord Middlesex High School, NJ
FRC Team 1089 Team Mercury Hightstown High School, NJ
FRC Team 1099 Disco Techs Brookfield High School, CT
FRC Team 1237 L.E.S. Cyborgs University Neighborhood High School, Brooklyn, NY
FRC Team 1279 Cold Fusion Immaculata High School, Somerville, NJ
FRC Team 1302 Revolution Robotics Pope John Regional High School, Sparta, NJ
FRC Team 1340 Adams Robotics John Adams High School, Ozone Park, NY
FRC Team 1367 Barringer Barringer High School, Newark, NJ
FRC Team 1396 PYROBOTS Tottenville High School, Staten Island, NY
FRC Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Montgomery Township High School, NJ
FRC Team 1640 Sab-BOT-age Downingtown Area School District, Downingtown, PA
FRC Team 1647 The Iron Devils Seneca Shawnee High Schools, Tabernacle & Medford, NJ
FRC Team 1796 Robotigers Queens Vocational & Tech High School, Long Island City, NY
FRC Team 1880 Warriors of East Harlem East Harlem Tutorial Program, New York City, NY
FRC Team 1923 MidKnight Inventors West Windsor - Plainsboro High School, NJ
FRC Team 1989 Viking Robotics Vernon Township High School, NJ
FRC Team 2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches Ewing High School, NJ
FRC Team 2070 The Pirates Ridgefield Memorial High School, NJ
FRC Team 2180 Zero Gravity Steinert High School, Hamilton, NJ
FRC Team 2285 Blue Knights Irvington High School, NJ
FRC Team 2495 Hornets Hamilton High School West, NJ

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Any fun volunteer spots still open?

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Hey Teams Attending,

Are you going to be coaching your rookie drivers at the event or are the vets taking part in this one? I know for a fact that we would like to try and get some rookies out there but we also want to master Breakaway! Let me know!

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

I can't answer your question at this time, your best chance is to go ahead and apply anyway! Volunteer Registration.

Generally it is a mix of both experienced and unexperienced drivers. I can't speak for any team in particular, but I would estimate at least 25% (probably higher) of teams would use a different driver/co-pilot from what they did in actual competition. Most teams are focused on practicing, mentoring, and having a good time more so than treating it like a regional.

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Just letting you know, team 1989's site is http://vthsrobotics.org/ not htp://www.vikingrobotics.com/ :D

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

We always use the off-season to give all interested drivers a chance to run in a match. We will then use our experienced drivers in the play-offs. Hard to believe but this year our regular season driver was a rookie 10th grader. So at Monty Madness we will be giving our Seniors a chance to drive our robot. :D

Can't wait to play at Monty!!

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We were wondering if teams every had problems not getting their robot back from the championship in time for the event. Our teacher is worried we'll sign up and then not be able to attend. Has this ever happened to any team and is there any risk of this happening to us?

I'm really hoping we can attend again and see some old faces from Jersey.

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Were using our regular drive team, 2 jrs and a sr coach.

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Team 25 has never had a problem with this. We always have our robot back in time to compete at PARC, which for the past couple of years has been held the weekend before Monty Madness.

I'll be attending. :)

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I signed up to be a referee. I am very excited to attend my first Monty Madness.

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You will be fine. We go to PARC every year. (one week before Monty)

Do it Stuypulse!!! Sign up for Monty & PARC!! :)

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We wont be able to do PARC because we have our annual team dinner on that day.

I am pushing the teacher on our team to sign up for Monty and we will probably send in our check in the next two days. For Monty it comes down to if we will be able to sign up in time.

I am also pushing for our team to go to Ramp Riot and it looks very good for us to attend that.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

We would be honored to have you at Ramp Riot! The date this year will be Saturday, November 13th. I will be putting full details on Delphi soon.

See you at Monty!!!

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

To my knowledge (I'm not the best authority on this), I have not known of any robots that have not made it back in time for the event. 1403's robot was down in Atlanta too, so you aren't the only one in that boat.

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Looks like the team list is now full and we won't be able to attend. What are the chances of getting in off of the waitlist?

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My team also would like to know.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

I emailed the monty madness registration people asking what our chances were and they said:

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Woodie Flowers Jr. Award
Do you have a mentor that goes above and beyond?
Someone that deserves to be recognized for their extraordinary efforts.
Nominate that mentor for the Woodie Flowers Junior Award at Monty Madness.
Please submit your nomination in 300 words or less, no later than Monday, May 10 to awards@montymadness.org.
More information can be found at the website under awards.

Operation Jersey Cares
Please help Team 1403 support our troops overseas by contributing items to Operation Jersey Cares.
Collection at Monty Madness
Collection List on website
Prize to the team that brings in the most items.

Recyle your Dead Robot Batteries
Bring your dead lead acid batteries to Monty for recycling.
We will have a load tester if you are not sure if your batter is dead.

All volunteers still needed at Monty, please go to website to sign up
**Looking for relief Master of Ceremonies & announcers**
Thank you for your help!
Looking forward to some great Breakaway!!

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

What does this correspond to on the volunteer sign up form?

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Go to field administration and in the comments box at the bottom of the page put in replacement MC or Announcer

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THOSE VOLUNTEERING FOR MONTY MADNESS

Tonight (Sunday, May 2nd), we will be sending out an email confirming that you are on our list of volunteers. If you do not receive an email from us tonight, this means we do not have you signed up. In this case, email us at volunteers@montymadness.org with your name, area that you are volunteering for, your shirt size, and your availability on Saturday May 15th.

We are looking for a few more volunteers for the big day.


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Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Are there any teams in the new york area preferably in Staten Island that would be willing to give me and one of my teammates a lift to and from Monty?

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

1796 has 2 spots in their five cars that are driving out. It will be a full house if you guys decide to come but the spots are there if you'd like them. We are departing from our school no later then 5 AM.
The schools address is
37-02 47th Ave
Long Island City, NY 1101.

The 7 train is literally a block away. Email me at ptbeninati@gmail.com as soon as possible if you're interested.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Were there any specific volunteer assignments? All I got were the confirmation emails.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Same problem here. I didn't get specifics on what shifts either.

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This did go out to you. I will resend.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Thanks David. Woot, pit admin. :D Look forward to seeing everyone there.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Yikes! 1676 is in trouble...:D

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Well it was a great Monty Madness yet again, I've got to give my main shout out to all of the great volunteers from Team 1403 who are behind this again as always every single year. Although there were several issues in the beginning, everything got back to schedule and rolling once those problems were figured out.

Amazing job all the volunteers, I could see the exhaustion in everyone but they all pulled it through.

I'd also like to personally thank Chris Gregory and Nate Knauss for letting me try my hand at MCing, it was a lot of fun and I got to learn a bunch from the pros, to work up this skill.

The teams all did a great job at one of the first post-season events and I was very excited to see some intense competition go down towards the end.

Congrats to everyone for helping make another Monty Madness!!!!

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

On behalf of Team 341, we wanted to thank Tim Leicht, Team 1403 and everyone that made Monty Madness possible. It was a great event.

We also wanted to express our appreciation to the many volunteers such as Nate Knauss, Sara Reffler, Carol Perotto, Pete Kieselbach, and many others that made the day so fun.
Thank you to Team 103 for picking us and to Team 75 for picking up the scoring when we needed it. You were both amazing partners.

Congratulations go out to Teams 25, 303, and 369 for forming such a strong alliance. You truly deserved to be Champions.

Hopefully we will see everyone next year at Monty Madness!

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Yesterday was quite the day, hehe.

I would like to thank 1403, as well as the other volunteers, for making Monty Madness an amazing off-season event. I, 1676 included, had an so much fun. Great job guys! :)

293 and 1647- you guys did a great job. Even though we got knocked out early, it was still a lot of fun playing with you guys. I hope to see you guys at other competitions!

25, 303, and 369- back to back shows of beautifully made robots. Congratulations on winning Monty Madness 5. You all played very well.

Props to all the other teams that made Monty Madness a memorable experience. I cant wait to come back next year! :D

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Great competition! On behalf of 1640, many thanks to 1403 and all the volunteers for making it run so well. Thank you to 365 and 2344 for a great alliance, and congrats to 25, 303, and 369 for your win!

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On behalf of team 75 I would like to thank 1403 and their army of volunteers for hosting a great event.

Also I would like to thank Team 103 for picking us and Team 341 for being great alliance partners.

Congratulations to Teams 25, 303, and 369 on their alliance's win

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

On behalf of Redbird Robotics, FRC1807, I wanted to say thanks to our fabulous alliance partners from teams 2753 and 224. After a grueling 4-match quarterfinal that we barely eked out, we were left with our leftside drive wheel and chains on the field, and the prospect of immediately facing the #1 seeds in the semis.

With a team of only 5 students (2 of them at their very first competition) and no technical mentors present, we faced a daunting task. But our alliance partners helped us make the repairs in the queuing line as the ominous countdown towards disqualification or replacement by backup team was looming, and we were able to make the field in time for our blue alliance to be announced.

And although we couldn't quite match up against 25, 303 and 369 (who played fantastic), we gave them a good fight, and more importantly, our students walked away proud from the experience.

Sincerely,
Chris Nalbone

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i would like to thank team 1403 for hosting the event i had a great time

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i would also like to thank our alliance partners teams 25 and 303

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Thanks to the dozens of the volunteers that made the fifth Monty Madness a success.

While we had a number of last minute volunteer cancellations, we were extremely lucky that such qualified individuals took on those roles and did such a great job. I'm talking about Nate Knauss, Andrea Tribo, and Pete Kieselbach. Special thanks goes to our FTA Liz Smith, our head referee Carol Perrotto, and the tireless Chris Gregory (who just happens to be my favorite FIRST game announcer). Of course, special thank you to the rest of the experienced and professional field, queuing, pit admin and referee staff. And thank you to our independent judges who took their jobs very seriously: John Giardina, Libby Kamen, Peter Torres, Erin Peacock, and our five year "judicial" veterans Ruth Kamen and Michele Zubatkin. On the other side of the fence, let me express my gratitude to the very busy volunteers working the snack, novelty, and lunch areas.

The core planning committee deserves a hearty thanks, the committee consisting of Tim Leicht, Mary Kazan, Patty Leicht, Bob High, Tim Ryan, Deb Trohalides, Kathy Martin, Brian van Liew, and Rosy Thakksr-Singh. For FTC, the kudos go to Vince Frascella, while Lego League kudos go to Ernie DiCicco. Most may not realize that Tim Leicht built those beautiful wood and acrylic awards that were awarded to FRC teams (including our five year recognition awards), as well as to the FTC teams and the Lego League teams at Monty Madness. I think they will look wonderful in any display case.

And finally, thanks to all those teams participating in the Monty Madness competitions as well as the FIRST and non-FIRST guests from the community.

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On behalf of team 103, I would like to thank everyone that was involved with the planning and following through of this awesome off-season event. Monty Madness will surely be an event that will live on for quite some time because of these dedicated and responsible people!

We would also like to thank our alliance partners, 341, Miss Daisy, and 75, the RoboRaiders, for a great run! We enjoyed playing with you guys, and were very glad we picked the both of you! It was especially interesting to talk to this years National Chairmans Award winners and having them talk to us about sitting on the stage watching Einstein!

Also, we would like to congratulate teams 25, 369, and 303 for forming an awesome alliance! 303 was KILLER in the home zone! 25 was unstoppable pretty much everywhere. And 369 was great all around! Quite an impressive alliance!

Kudos to all of the other teams who competed at this event! It was very interesting to say the least! :D

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

The best thing about Monty Madness - aside from the facility and awesome competition - was the food.

It is rare to find good food and reasonable prices anywhere, but this was exceptionally good food at reasonable prices. They had coffee starting at 7 am (thank goodness!) and lots of hot and tasty food (including several healthy choices) for lunch.

It was really great seeing so many friends, and being able to kibbitz in a more relaxed atmosphere.

Re: 2010 Monty Madness
 

Monty Madness always impressed me with its professionalism. On behalf
of Team 369 thank you 1403 and all the volunteers for running another great one.
Thank you 25 and 303 for picking us. We were the strongest and like someone
on team 25 said, everyone on the alliance did their job well.Thank's again
and we'll see you at Bridgewater.

Team 369 Coach/Mentor
Joe Finkel

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On behalf of MOE 365, I would also like to thank all the folks already recognized for holding a terrific off-season competition. This was MOE's first Monty Madness and we will definitely be back.

Special thanks go to our alliance parters 1640 and 2344. Thanks for partnering with us in the elims! It was a short, but fun ride!

Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable finish to the school year!

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Ahh man. I just wish we didn't have our battery severed in the first match haha. We both hit hard but 369 had a great bot. It's funny because there is some problem with our robot that we have to fix in the upcoming weeks but somehow we fixed it in our last match. I want to thank you all for choosing us. Check your private messages man. We both have to keep in touch for next season. :cool: