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Re: 2016 regional dates?

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Originally Posted by D.Allred View Post
Should get good FRC community exposure on the webcast.

In reality, it was the better deal to handle venue scheduling conflicts. I hope the event will still be attractive to teams outside of SC.

David
Their game announcer had better not suck at his job. As a team leader operating without the benefit of even field trip status, I am incredibly relieved to see Palmetto back on a Thursday/Friday/Saturday schedule.

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard View Post
Wait is this legit? I thought it was just Wil Payne being funny again.

Does this mean there will be 8 weeks of pre-championship competition now instead of 7?

I would hate to go to the new week 1.
Yep. Week 0 (or are we going with 0.5, since Week 0 is a thing?) will be a unique challenge for us all, but I'm excited with the possibilities. Will South Carolina influence how the world plays next year's game? I can't rule it out.

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Originally Posted by Thad House View Post
Yup. It's official.
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...metto-Regional

Honestly, since teams have never had that large of turnaround, I wonder if FIRST would consider letting those teams not bag their robots. Having only a day to work on spares and other stuff seems like those teams would be getting screwed more then normal. Not requiring bag for only those teams could be a nice way to increase the fairness.
I'm not on the committee, but I fully expect us to have to bag and tag. Though if someone comes in with a log where the ink hasn't fully dried on the lockup, they might get a cookie. (That's a joke.)

Spare-making and all that isn't ideal, but having done Week 1 for the past three years: we are usually so tired/burnt out/behind on other work that we don't go back into the shop for most of that time except to clean up and pack the trailer. This change doesn't really change much.

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Originally Posted by robochick1319 View Post
That is looking at the bright side! I don't think we'll get a lot of non-SC teams with GA, NC, and Chesapeake districts happening.

Poor Ohio and Canadian teams would have to bag their robot and immediately get on the bus to make it in time!
I think Week 0 Palmetto creates a unique opportunity for district teams, if they can manage the logistics. If you go to Palmetto and win, you have the most time of anyone in FIRST (save for pre-qualified teams) to make Championship travel plans. If you go to Palmetto and tank, you go into district play with everything shaken down.
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
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