Forum: Regional Competitions
12-15-2016, 04:00 PM
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Re: Texas Regionals
Allen... based on what you know can you state the general team count at these future 9-10 district events?
And will there be a hard cap on the amount of teams at a Texas district FRC...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-15-2016, 01:22 PM
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-14-2016, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Steven... from what I've gathered this new mentoring program is starting with a small amount of teams and is called TARP... I'm not sure what the acronym stands for.
The mentoring team receives a...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-14-2016, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Steven... it's good to hear of a team having a positive effect from UIL involvement in FRC since my own experience was so negative.
--Michael
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-13-2016, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Because more qual matches (double) played for the same $5,000.00... smaller competitions so greater chance to play in Saturday Elims for even more matches played... and more teams likely to achieve...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-13-2016, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Andrew... HOLY CRAP 25 rookies... NOW that's what I'm talking about!!
Only 1 rookie in San Antonio which is odd given past growth... but state-wise looking good...
Team retention still an issue if...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-13-2016, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Andrew... 5241 San Antonio, TX USA is gone... teacher retired and that was it.
--Michael
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-13-2016, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Andrew... 2011 was 3481's rookie year and we started off with $6,500.00 from JC Penny paid direct to USFIRST _and_ $6,500.00 from Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) channeled through...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-01-2016, 12:47 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Found the source... answering my own question:
2014 - 131 Texas FRC teams
2015 - 136 Texas FRC teams +5
2016 - 141 Texas FRC teams +5
2017 - 144 Texas FRC teams +3
ALL the upset around UIL...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
12-01-2016, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Thanks Eric!
I got this link from Mark's thread... works very well...
https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso
--Michael
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Forum: Regional Competitions
11-30-2016, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Does anyone know total FRC teams count in Texas for seasons:
2015?
2016?
Upcoming - 2017?
And also, is there a place(s) you can go to get these valid numbers that also filters out pre-Rookies that...
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Forum: Motors
11-21-2016, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 5,505
Re: NeveRest 60 in FRC
Cothron... 3481 Bronc Botz in 2012 designed our shooter hood to adjust angles with VEX 393's driving VEX lead screws but then FIRST ruled that adding the optional VEX 393 integrated encoder...
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Forum: General Forum
11-18-2016, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,663
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Forum: Regional Competitions
11-15-2016, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
You're probably right, Andrew.
We'll see how things develop, team count wise, over the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons.
I'm wondering what the minimum FRC team count needs to be to move to district...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
11-15-2016, 01:46 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Dang, Andrew. Lower number of FRC teams for 2017 or essentially flat for 3 seasons (2015-2017).
So the much-touted UIL effect/bump is WHERE?!
http://firstintexas.org/uil/
--Michael
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Forum: Regional Competitions
11-15-2016, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
Andrew... how does 132 Texas teams compare to totals for 2016 and 2015?
Thanks!
--Michael
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Forum: General Forum
11-14-2016, 02:26 PM
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Views: 3,040
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Forum: Chit-Chat
10-26-2016, 06:29 PM
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Forum: Regional Competitions
10-22-2016, 10:32 PM
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Views: 6,096
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Forum: General Forum
10-18-2016, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 83
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Re: Best looking robot ever?
Wow... scrolling this thread I cannot believe that nobody's showed admiration for 148 Robowranglers' 2011 Raptor which _has to be_ one of the all-time great looking and functioning bots in FIRST...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
10-06-2016, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
Re: Texas Regionals
All the teams info and who's at what event is here _now_:
http://archive.usfirst.org/whats-going-on/
--Michael Blake
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Forum: General Forum
10-05-2016, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 23
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Forum: General Forum
10-05-2016, 10:13 PM
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Views: 4,982
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Forum: Regional Competitions
09-16-2016, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,477
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Forum: Regional Competitions
09-15-2016, 11:28 AM
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