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Re: Michigan State Championship

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Originally Posted by MagiChau (Post 1049772)

Can't believe the pits open in just one more day. Excited to see the robots in person that didn't go to West Michigan or Traverse City. BOB has a new and improved deployment system itching to be tested on the field. Let's rack and roll.

Don't remind me, I still haven't recovered from Troy.

Rack 'n Roll was 2007... What's the name of the game? (Stack Attack)

Re: Michigan State Championship

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber (Post 1049776)

Don't remind me, I still haven't recovered from Troy.

Rack 'n Roll was 2007... What's the name of the game? (Stack Attack)

Calling you out for a ABBA reference!

With that uot of the way, I may be able to sneak out there on Saturday after work in my last vintage 2005 Team 240 TEMPEST Robotics shirt.

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Wow, 910 made it in. I'm real happy for you guys. Now i have something to do saturday.:)

Re: Michigan State Championship

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Originally Posted by johnr (Post 1049876)

Wow, 910 made it in. I'm real happy for you guys. Now i have something to do saturday.:)

great job 910! can't wait to see you guys at states. its just not the same without the blue tie-dye shirts there

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btw, if anyone wants to trade shirts or is selling a shirt i'm always looking for trade/buy

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ill be bringing old shirts i have from 141 up for trades. should be around the pits if your interested. shirts go back to 05!!

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Make sure to let someone on your team know about the NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentors Organization) meeting at 9:30am on Saturday. This is a great opportunity to network with other teams and learn about helpful non-technical resources. The meeting will be about an hour long, with the following goals in mind:
1. To stimulate the growth of NEMO by recruiting new members
2. To bring NEMs together for networking
3. To bring NEMS together to encourage sharing of resources
4. To network with teams who do not have NEMs

Please come and go as you wish: we know that your first priority is to your team.

It'll be in Room 137A, Arena level, in the west hallway, by robot queuing.

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Nice Work Productions will be fimling MSC and it will be televised on april 16th on ABC. but because of this, music will NOT be played throughout the semis and the finals. :eek: but as a trade off this is a great way to promote FIRST.

Re: Michigan State Championship

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Originally Posted by rmhooks573 (Post 1050251)

Whoa? Where did you find this? This is awesome! Well, not the no music part, but still!

Re: Michigan State Championship

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Originally Posted by Refresh (Post 1050253)

Whoa? Where did you find this? This is awesome! Well, not the no music part, but still!

From an email from Gail Alpert, yesterday afternoon

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This year we've hired Nice Work Productions to create a one hour TV show of the Semi-finals and Finals at the State Championship. The show will be structured like a real sports broadcast, with play by play announcing and color commentary.

The show will air at:

1:00 pm on Saturday, April 16 on ABC and all of the ABC affiliates across Michigan except for WJRT in Flint which will broadcast it at 11:00 am on Sunday, April 17.

We hope the show will be viewed not only by those currently involved in FIRST, but by the general public as well.

Nice Work will have one chance to get it right. To do so, we ask for your help with the following:

1. Additional lighting above the Alliance Stations.

A strip of small bulbs will be placed above the Alliance stations on the back of the team numbers during all qualifying and the elimination rounds. This will give teams a chance to get used to them before the semis and final rounds. The lights will help the production cameras see the driver's faces.

2. Robot mounted cameras:

Each alliance that makes it to the semi-finals will be asked to choose one robot on their alliance that will allow a small, light-weight camera to be mounted to it for live action robot shots.

3. Music will be off during matches:

No music will be playing during the semi-final matches and final matches. This will allow the play by play and color commentary to be heard more clearly.

4. Unscheduled time-outs:

There may be some time outs taken between rounds to allow the cameras to get set up. The producers will do their best to keep these at a minimum.

5. Briefing for all 8 alliances during lunch with producers:

There will be a lunch time briefing for all alliances with the production team (location tba) to go over any issues and to answer any questions.

Thank you in advance for your flexibility with these changes and we look forward to a great event.

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This is so cool!!!! Man this event is going to be awesome!!!!

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i guess i'm going to have to dance to the music like crazy during the qualifications :cool:

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I wonder how their commentary will go. Hopefully they had some practice familiarizing themselves with FIRST.

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Just a FYI... As if General Motors doesn't already have enough invested in the Michigan State Championship (I believe 22 teams? which would = 110,000 in entrance fees), this program that will be airing on ABC is also thanks to General Motors. My dad, our team's contact with General Motors, mentioned that the airtime for this program was paid for by General Motors and the program will be "sponsored by Chevrolet".

Not enough can be said about GM's support of FIRST and FIRST teams. A HUGE thank you to our team's sponsor and the sponsor of many, many other FIRST teams. Thanks also to Dave Verbrugge, the primary FIRST team contact for GM, Tom Stephens (GM Global Chief Technology Officer) for helping maintain a strong relationship between GM and FIRST, and all GM employees (and former employees) that mentor FIRST teams (our team has 4!).

Re: Michigan State Championship

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Originally Posted by MishraArtificer (Post 1049860)

Calling you out for a ABBA reference!

What?