Ramp Riot 2012: The Official Thread

[OZ_341]

RAMP RIOT 2012
13th Annual Robotics Competition
Saturday November 10, 2012
Wissahickon High School,
Ambler, PA
Pits Open at 7 AM
Event Open 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Note: Please register early, we usually sell out by early August!
Registration Page-→ http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

The Team Flyer is Attached

Preliminary Details:
• 2012 Game Rules
• 36 Team Limit
• Early Registration Fee $250 (Paid by 9/21/12)
• Regular Registration Fee $300 (Paid after 9/21/12)
• All payments are due by 9/30/12

Special Events:
• Prizes, Live Radio Station, Face Painting, and Charity Food Drive
• FTC Scrimmage
• “Girls in Gear” Interactive Girl Scout Program
• Technical and Informational Forums

Questions? Contact the team using the info below:
Contact: Team 341, c/o Alan Ostrow
Email: aostrow@wsdweb.org
Phone: 215-619-8112, ext 2956

[jblay]

Nothing final yet, but StuyPulse is pretty dead set on returning to ramp riot. It was a fantastic event last year and I know it will be fantastic again in 2013.

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by jblay

Nothing final yet, but StuyPulse is pretty dead set on returning to ramp riot. It was a fantastic event last year and I know it will be fantastic again in 2013.

We would love to have StuyPulse back at Ramp Riot this year. Hope to see you there.

[OZ_341]

Just an FYI that we already have 18 teams registered.
(Half full in the first 3 days)
As mentioned before we usually sell out by very early August and last year we sold out in July. So, if you know that you plan to attend, please go to the website as soon as your plans are definite.

Thanks!

Al Ostrow

[OZ_341]

Here is an update on registration.

Ramp Riot 2012
28 Registered Teams with 8 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

Registered Teams:
11 MORT, Mt. Olive HS

25 Raider Robotix, North Brunswick HS

103 Cybersonics, Palisades HS

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

224 The Tribe, Piscataway HS

225 Tech Fire, St Onge High School

271 Mechanical Marauders, Bay Shore HS

272 Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

303 Test Team, Bridgewater-Raritan HS

306 Corry Robotics Team, Corry Area HS

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

369 High Voltage, Grady Technical HS

484 Robo-Force, Haverford HS

694 StuyPulse , Stuyvesant HS

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

834 Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

1676 Pascack Pi-oneers, Pascack Valley RHS

1712 Dawgma, Lower Merion HS

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

2168 Aluminum Falcons, Fitch HS

2229 Roboshop, Plymouth-Whitemarsh

2528 RoboDoves Western HS

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

3204 TMLA Robotics, The Mary Louis Academy

[Akash Rastogi]

This team list is insane! Looks like it'll be a really awesome event.

[Chi Meson]

Aluminum Falcons cannot resist a "Swan Song." We're in.

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Chi Meson

Aluminum Falcons cannot resist a "Swan Song." We're in.

1676 will hopefully be signing up soon! We can't wait to be with all of our new friends, including our alliance captains 2168 from NYC, and all of our old ones as well!

[OZ_341]

Since I can no longer edit the list above, I just wanted to let teams know that there are only (6) team slots left. We will post another team list when we have full registration.

Thanks for your support of Ramp Riot!

Al Ostrow

[Kyle A]

It has been a few years since CRT 306 has been to Ramp Riot! It was always a great time, looking forward to returning to the event!

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by Kyle A

It has been a few years since CRT 306 has been to Ramp Riot! It was always a great time, looking forward to returning to the event!

We are looking forward to the return of 306!
I still remember the awesome T-shirt shooter that you brought to Ramp Riot.
The crowd loved it!

[Foster]

Is there a post that has the winners and how many cans of food won? I needed to leave before the final matches.

[esquared]

Originally Posted by Foster

Is there a post that has the winners and how many cans of food won? I needed to leave before the final matches.

The winners were 1676 (captain), 341 (2nd pick), 2606, a 'minibot' from team 2607, and their backup robot 423.

In a very MOE-like display of community service, 365 brought in the most cans with 555!

The FTC event even managed to bring in 189 cans, which is quite impressive

All in all, Ramp Riot 13 was awesome. Great spirit (thanks 75 for keeping the rafters LOUD), great teams (lots of double doubles, 5 bots up, and triples as well), and even better for the cleanup crew/travelling teams: we ended right on time!

[waitwhat?]

Team 869 had a graet time at Ramp Riot 2012! The energy was amazing, great work by the MCs, student MCs, and the rest of the field crew.

341 put on an amazing event and we were thrilled to make our Ramp Riot debut!

Congratulations to 1676, 341, and 2606/ 2607 on some outstanding play, you guys were awesome! Thanks again Miss Dasiy for showing us a great time!

[Hallry]

On behalf of Team 1676, we would like to extend our most sincere thanks for all of your congratulations. We had an amazing time at the event, and it was great being able to finally return. We recently found our 2005 Ramp Riot Winner Trophy hidden in our shop (we were the backup bot), and it felt wonderful to be able to go back, this time winning the trophy as alliance captain. Was the webcast recorded somewhere? We would love to be able to relive those tense moments.

A HUGE thanks to Mr. Ostrow and 341 for hosting the event, and also to both 341 and 2606 for being awesome alliance partners, as well as 423 for being our backup robot. We couldn't have done it without you.

75, as always, your enthusiasm that you bring is incomparable. Even though you only brought 16 team members, we could only strive to be as spirited as you were. Hearing you cheering for us as we accepting our awards was such an incredible feeling, which we cannot thank you enough for. Congrats on a very well deserved Spirit Award. We hope that Eve ended up okay in the end.

Thank you to Little Bear, Eric, Katie, Liz, Howard, Mike Rizzo, and everyone else involved with MC-ing/FTA-ing/reefing/etc. Some how after being behind schedule in the morning, we ended right on time, and the event couldn't have ran as smoothly without all of your dedication and help.

2607, 1218, 75, and 1923 - thanks for some intense final matches. After seeing you're strategy for winning the semi's, boy were we scared! You guys put up an intense fight, and it was an honor to play against you.

2016, 25, and 1640, boy did you triple-balance fast! We were scared of you too! You were one monster of an alliance, and I believe hold the high score for the event. You played amazingly, and have much to be proud of.

MOE - 555 cans? That's crazy! That's half of what they collected. Wow. That's an outstanding feat, which we greatly applaud you for. A huge congrats to winning the Mike Wade Memorial Award (How many years is this for you guys? =P)

2016, thank you for collecting donations for Hurricane Sandy victims. That is very thoughtful of you, and we were honored to be able to help you out.

Also, congrats to 869 on a winning the Judge's Award, and to Team 306 for winning the G.P. Award.

We hope that 694 and 369 are able to recover from their storm damages quickly. If there is anything at all that we can do to help, please let us know.

Lastly but certainly not least, thank you to all teams who attended for making it such a great event. It was the last competition for our 2012 robot, Iron Horse, and you all help make it the best it could be. We wish everyone the best of luck, and look forward to seeing you all soon next season.

Sincerely,
Ryan Hall
2011-2013 Co-C.E.O.
FRC Team 1676, The Pascack Pi-oneers