[Kevin Kolodziej]

Hello everyone!

Some of you may be hearing about this event for the first time, but you are hearing about it because you either attended our tournament last December, attended the Milwaukee FRC Regional in March, or have otherwise expressed interest. The Milwaukee VEX League and 2006 Fall WIRED Robotics Challenge are NOT official FIRST competitons and will NOT be using the official FVC game. These events are planned by members of Team 1675, Team 1714, students from Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), and leaders of the Wisconsin Institute for Robotics in Education ()WIRED). The game has been developed by MSOE students who are former FIRST participants. The aim of these events is to give new members of teams and rookie teams a chance to learn from their veteren counterparts in an informal competition format. Workshops will be combined with league nights to give local experts a chance to offer their knowledge to the group, and teams should be able to have tons of fun! The previous information about dates, locations, and fees can be found here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...84&postcount=6

Watch http://wirobotics.org/vex/2006/index.html for all official updates.

UPDATED REGISTRATION INFORMATION

If you have not registered yet, you must register your team before you can attend league nights. Registration happens on the WIRED web site. Payment can be made through PayPal or by check. Payment can also be delivered on site at your first league night or the tournament.

KICKOFF INFORMATION

The kick off will be held in the Pilot House at the Discovery World Museum located at 500 N. Harbor Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53202. It will be on Saturday, September 16, 2006 and will run from 10:00am to 12:00pm. We are hoping to be able to webcast the event and will send out further info on that possibility once it is available. Any team interested in the joining the league, attending the tournament, or just interested should attend. The main focus of kickoff will be to reveal the actual game field and begin the Q/A process. All documentation will be available at the WIRED website beginning at 12:00pm that day. You should be able to gain entry to the museum for the Kickoff event for free, but we are still trying to confirm this and parking and we will let you know with the webcast information ASAP. (Parking for league nights will be free since we are an after hours event)

TEASER

Here it is, your first glimpse into the 2006 game:

Rock and Roberts nearly took the title
A (w)hole lot of nothing is what you'll find inside
Stack the floats twice for nearly thrice

Bring your guesses to the kickoff event and see how close you were!

Again, feel free to contact me if you have ANY questions.