With Battle at the Border a little less than a month away, here's a couple new announcements:
We've released our rule changes
here. We're using mostly IRI rules, with the following modifications:
- All minibots are worth 20 points
- Ubertubes can only be scored in autonomous
- PINK Tubes (see below) can be scored in both autonomous and teleop
This year the Battle at the Border Planning Committee has decided to help the following charities:
Breast Cancer Society
October is national breast cancer awareness month. Since Battle at the Border is happening in October, we thought it'd be a great way to raise money for breast cancer research. So we've added some elements to our event that'll help raise money:
Buy A PINK Tube - $25 (limit 1 per team)
For $25 teams can buy a PINK Tube. These PINK Tubes can have the name of a survivor put on them. PINK Tubes will score the same as an ubertube in both autonomous and teleoperated. If you are competing at Battle at the Border and would like to buy a PINK Tube for your team, you can go here to pre-order yours
Sponsor A Match - $25
Teams and individuals can also sponsor matches. This means that you can buy the naming rights to a match so when the announcer introduces the match they would say "Match 8 sponsored by Team XXXX".If you would like to sponsor a match, let us know by clicking here!
San Diego Food Bank
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Battle at the Border is also partnering with the San Diego Food Bank to hold a canned food drive. We're asking each team to bring one bag of canned goods and turn it in when the check in the morning of Battle at the Border.