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Re: [FTC]: What should I know? (going into FTC from FRC)

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1. How often (and at what level of play) will teams set up concrete strategies? In FRC, it became a lot more serious during elims and larger events, but qualifications could be a bit of a tossup (and sometimes people just did whatever they wanted). Is it like that in FTC as well?
Strategically, a big difference between FRC and FTC is that FTC only gives you 1 alliance partner while FRC gives you 2. Besides that, things are pretty much the same; you'll still (hopefully) be meeting with your alliance partners before a match to put a strategy together.
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2. Just to make sure: are there any very specific building rules like there are in FRC?
Part 1 of the FTC Game Manual for this season was released recently. "Robot Rules" lists a lot of things you can and can't use. Was there anything more specific you were thinking of?
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3. How much do event registrations cost? Also, is there a list of the events on the East coast or something I could look up?
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...c/registration has the registration and costs for this season. And http://www.usfirst.org/whats-going-on will show you your nearby events.

Hope this helps!
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