Forum: General Forum
08-04-2016, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 74
Views: 9,974
Re: California District Proposal, Rev 2
I think the point is that CA FIRSTers and its 501c (or plural) need to investigate the impact of any potential state (or other) funding on a "split" state format. That's not to say it should...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
08-04-2016, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 195
Views: 18,043
Re: Discussion on All-Girl events
Reading through this thread, it struck me how much of the discussion regarding female-centric events was taking place between males. Wil Payne made the same observation a few pages ago.
Figured...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
08-02-2016, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,251
Re: pic: 716 ouput shaft
This invoked a trip down memory lane regarding the "old school" days of FRC shifting gearboxes. Aside of the DeWalt planetaries, only a handful of teams had shifting spur gearboxes in their...
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Forum: General Forum
08-02-2016, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 4,522
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Forum: Extra Discussion
07-12-2016, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,943
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Forum: Technical Discussion
07-07-2016, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,002
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Forum: Extra Discussion
06-30-2016, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,529
Re: pic: 2x1 gearbox
How close are those top CIM mounting screws to the upper wall of the tubing? Are you having to remove wall material to thread those screws in? Would you if you increased to 1/8" wall tubing?
What's...
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Forum: General Forum
06-28-2016, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 285
Views: 29,893
Re: California District Proposal
Ego and talent are awesome, but if your 501c(3) decides to invest money in areas other than production/venue selection, it's a moot point. Unless you're purely talking about the on-field robot...
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Forum: General Forum
06-28-2016, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 285
Views: 29,893
Re: California District Proposal
This definitely has not been the case in MAR since 2013. In 2012, Show Ready was still involved in the MAR DCMP (which was then hosted at a former Philadelphia regional location). From 2013 onwards,...
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Forum: General Forum
06-24-2016, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 285
Views: 29,893
Re: California District Proposal
Are PODS really a viable storage and field transportation method in California? I believe there's only one event where MAR PODS have to travel in excess of an hour from their usual storage...
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Forum: General Forum
06-24-2016, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,731
Re: Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017
What does the wait list have to do with discussions of sustainable funding when it comes to district registration fees? The "catering to" comment was in regards to how Ontario structures its...
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Forum: General Forum
06-24-2016, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,731
Re: Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017
The latter definitely plays, but I'm unsure if the former has the same appeal to outsiders.
My general point is that there does exist a subset of teams that can attend a local event and the...
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Forum: General Forum
06-24-2016, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,731
Re: Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017
I don't know if I'd make such a generalized blanket statement. Often times there are grants and sponsors who automatically pay additional funding for FRC teams who qualify for Championship. We had...
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Forum: General Forum
06-22-2016, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,520
Re: Battlebots 2017
SPOILERS :mad:
I really wasn't sure who to pick in the Overhaul vs. Printer match this week, but you had to go and ruin it :mad:
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Forum: General Forum
06-22-2016, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,554
Re: North Championship vs South Championship
Was wondering how long this would take. I looked up 2015 numbers and saw 0 (FIRST's new website doesn't make it easy to filter by state). I later discovered there was a 2016 rookie. My bad.
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Forum: General Forum
06-22-2016, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 20,731
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Forum: General Forum
06-21-2016, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 6,026
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Forum: General Forum
06-21-2016, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 6,026
Re: # of Divisions at Championships
Regarding tournament formats and Einstein:
A 5-alliance round robin (best of 1) requires 10 matches.
A 6-alliance round robin (best of 1) requires 15 matches.
A 5-alliance round robin (best 2 of...
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Forum: General Forum
06-20-2016, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,554
Re: North Championship vs South Championship
Up until 2002, basically everyone did go to Nationals (what we know now as Championship). For anyone interested in some decade+ old opinions on this change, this thread is worth...
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Forum: General Forum
06-20-2016, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,554
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Forum: General Forum
06-20-2016, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,554
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Forum: District Events
06-20-2016, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,036
Re: districts 2017
Does that strong team growth really apply outside of Michigan? Are other districts ahead or behind of the regional growth rates?
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Forum: General Forum
06-20-2016, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,554
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Forum: General Forum
06-17-2016, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,267
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Forum: General Forum
06-17-2016, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 6,734
Re: MAR 2017
No down week between district qualifiers and district champs. :(
The three PA events being weeks 1-2-3 :( :( :(
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