2010 CalGames
 

Hello, ChiefDelphi!

I'm excited to announce that registration has begun for 2010 CalGames.

Competition Date: October 22-23, 2010

Competition Venue: Lynbrook High School, 1280 Johnson Avenue, San Jose CA 95129

Competition: CalGames 2010 will be a replay of the FIRST Robotics Breakaway competition.

Registration: $400 Registration with $150 of that paid by BAE Systems and $100 Volunteer Deposit (returned after completing team volunteer assignment) The NET paid directly by each team: $250 Registration Fee + $100 Volunteer Support Deposit = $350 due by September 15.

A big thank you to BAE Systems for its ongoing support of the WRRF community! Using a large part of the BAE Systems’ donation allows WRRF to discount CalGames 2010 registration fees.

Every team needs to volunteer for a slot to confirm ANY registration regardless of TIER. (see link below for details on what "Every team needs to volunteer" means). CalGames 2010 will support up to 36 teams and has registration TIERS, similar to prior years.

More information can be found here: http://groups.google.com/group/wrrf-...uncement?hl=en

I hope to see you there!

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Can't wait for CalGames, it's gonna be great as always.

Teams beware, 668 is going to have a major revamp over the summer :D

Edit: Forgot to add: I'm so glad CalGames is going to be 2 days this year.

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Wooohoooo! :D

Will there be two days of competition?

Usually there is one set-up day and one day of comp.

Team 100 will be there again fosho!

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

According to the WRRF Google Groups, qualification matches start at 4PM Friday (inspections starts at 1) :D

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

The two main stipulations that came with BAE Systems funding the event were:

1. The event needed to be expanded to two days.
2. We wanted to reduce the cost to the teams.

Now that these goals have been accomplished I would strongly urge teams to really look at other off season comps and think about additional ways that this event can be enhanced. Then bring those thoughts to the planning meetings and participate in making CalGames one of the premeir offseason events in all of FIRST!

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Thank you BAE for your continuous support.

Team 604 is super excited for another great CalGames!

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I hate to be a buzzkill, but I can't help a team is traveling all the way from idaho just for Calgames. That's an awful lot of money.

The money would really be better saved for the season (unless the team is just loaded) and/or additional supplies, resources, etc...

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Ya know, Adam, you could say the same thing about, say, CA teams traveling to Indiana just for IRI.

It may just be that they want to compete in an offseason and CalGames is the closest.

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That's a bit different. Not having been to CalGames, I can't tell you how prestigious or awesome the event is, but the IRI is obviously the premier offseason and possibly the greatest event of any kind in FRC. Travelling across the country to compete is a good decision for any team that can afford it.

I can't speak for CalGames, though. Perhaps the event is Just That Good as well, but a much better kept secret?

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I for one would like to see CalGames become a prestigious event. It’s one of the oldest, best run, and largest offseasons on the west coast. I would say the matches are usually quite competitive; we have a lot of talent in the Bay Area.

We have enough talent on the west coast that this could easily become an IRI in its own right, provided more teams chose to travel and we found a bigger venue.

And I'm really excited #2122 is coming! Great team, and a great robot!

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Let's not forget IRI is usually 'closed' to the public, given its invitational nature and physical limitations on the amount of teams.

Quantities of awesomeness aside, I'm inclined to agree with Eric.

I love the idea of a team volunteer assignment. Setup & Teardown of the field is probably the largest need of short-term manpower at any event.

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You could even say the same thing about an Israeli team traveling to MI for an event, but if the team has the funds and willingness, nothing should stop them. If I could, I would love to compete at CalGames since it is now a two day event and there are so many high caliber teams attending.

Watch, Idaho will win! ;)

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They actually have a rather good shot at that. They were rather solid yet under the radar in Galileo, and managed to fall to the 15th spot in the draft.

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

971 is ready to rock the house again!

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

We are really looking forward to CalGames. We have made some good friends while competing at UC Davis and are looking forward to chance to test our robot mods, give our new members a good view of some great robots, and to see our friends again. Personally think it is going to be a great event!

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

It hasn't been a secret over here. Us West Coast teams, especially ones in Bay Area, California, have been very proud of this community ran event for many years now (started in 2000, but it didn't kick up another notch until 2003 when Woodside HS started hosting it and when it became something ALL teams work together to create).

IRI is in its own league of course, but many of us have been treating CalGames like another official grade competition. The rest of the country just don't look West very often...

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Is there going to be a webcast of this event? I'd love to catch some of the action!

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

There will be a webcast and updated scores
http://lynbrookrobotics.com/calgames/

Enjoy
-Chinmay

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Cool thanks! Before anyone gets confused, it looks like the schedule currently shown is from last year.

Good luck everyone, and Go 604!

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Did I hear someone say 3-peat?!? :D

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Was very impressed by 1323. Looks like they've added a killer ball pincher. Very effective scoring machine...

Also luv'n 2122. Really beautiful robot they have :) I expect to see it make finals.

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Does anyone know the status of the webcast? Unfortunately, I can't make it down this year :( so I will only get to watch remotely. I tried watching some today and it wasn't working for me.

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

It's working now!

http://lynbrookrobotics.com/calgames/

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Looks like fun, but it's hard to figure out what teams are on the field or see behind all the mascots. :( Go teams!

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Are finals results posted anywhere on the internet? My friends on 1868 were quite happy. The lynbrook site doesn't appear to have it...

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

971, 254, 692 defeated 846, 1280, 256 in finals.

A huge thanks to our alliance partners, 1280 and 256 :]

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Did anyone get high quality video of the finals?

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

With the help of Ryan, Ken, and the volunteers on the field camera, we have MP4's of all the matches. Currently in the process of naming the files and splitting a couple where we failed to stop the unit between matches.

Calgames was a great event - thank you to all of the volunteers who made it happen, and to all of the folks who made it an excellent adventure.

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Jerry Morrison posted pictures of Cal Games 2010 here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/971.FIRST/CalGames#

Final match was 20-8

Roy::ouch::

Re: 2010 CalGames
 

Video and the match results of CalGames can now be seen at :

http://www.teamtators.org/Video/CalG...ndLinksWeb.htm

or off of the link at www.teamtators.org.

The video loads a little slow, but we think that it is worth the wait ;)