VEX Tournament at IRI!

[Chris Fultz]

Get Vex-ed at the 2005 IRI!

Just when you thought you had time to sleep,
Team 447 (Team Roboto), RoboEducators, Ivy Tech and the IRI present

2005 IRI Vex “Enter-Action” Challenge.

To be held in conjunction with the IRI tournament
July 22nd and 23rd, 2005
at Lawrence North High School, Indianapolis.

Game and rules will be revealed on Friday, July 8th, 2005,
but you can register online June 20th-July 8th at:

http://www.indianafirst.org/events/iri/2005vexreg/

“Enter-Action” game
developed by Team Roboto 447, RoboEducators and Ivy Tech

Slots for 32 Teams

$75 Entry fee per team
(includes entry, awards and IRI dinner tickets for 6 people)

You must use your own VEX Kit
and only the materials that come in the box from Radio Shack!

Registration opens Monday, June 20th at 6pm Central Time

All questions sent to Vex@indianafirst.org

Competition will be the same date, time, and location as the IRI,
with the VEX finals complete by Noon on Saturday,
so you can watch the IRI Finals.

[rufu5]

I don't know if it was clarified but teams of adults and teams of students are BOTH allowed to register. This is a chance for kids to beat up on their mentors or for mentors to get revenge on the kids.

Having only ONE Vex kit to build a robot will even the playing field for the average high school kid to competitively compete against even the most veteran engineer.

[scott]

Vex at IRI!! Going to be a blast hope to see everyone there!

[Andy Baker]

Vex at IRI is gonna be sweet.

We've got a game that has already been tested, and you can compete with only 1 Vex kit. There will be teams of crusty FIRST veterans and teams who don't know what FIRST is. Students and adults will be competing... anyone can sign up! (pssst... it is a fairly simple game, not as complex as FIRST's Vex Challenge in Atlanta)

For those of you who have attended the IRI at Lawrence North HS (in Indy), the Vex field and pits will be held in the auxilliary gym. 50 FIRST team pits will be around the perimeter of the gym, on the rubber flooring, while the Vex field and pits will be located on the basketball court in the middle of the gym. So, if you have one of these 50 FIRST pits, you could see your Vex team competing about 50 feet away.

It is great to see Team Roboto step up and create this game. Rufus and Scotty have put in a load of work to develop and test the game, organize the event, and get it ready for IRI.

So, students, parents, mentors, teachers... get your team together, check out the VEX information, and sign up your team!

See ya in July!

Andy B.

[rufu5]

ATTENTION

The Vex Registration is closing in on its dead line! You don't want to be left out of this MOMENTOUS OCCASION! This is the first EVER open to the public Vex competition You don't want to miss out on history!

If you have ANY questions feel free to contact the creators of the game:

Rufus Cochran: rufus.cochran@gmail.com
Scott Ray: smray06@gmail.com

[scott]

Dont be the last ones in, get in NOW!!

IRI . . . . . . VEX . . . . . . what more could you want?

Sign-Up now!

[Kyle Love]

Originally Posted by scott

Dont be the last ones in, get in NOW!!

IRI . . . . . . VEX . . . . . . what more could you want?

Sign-Up now!

I'm trying to get a team up and going...kinda sucks when you have to choose...drive FRC bot or drive VEX bot...

[rufu5]

Originally Posted by Kyle45

I'm trying to get a team up and going...kinda sucks when you have to choose...drive FRC bot or drive VEX bot...

If you build it ... they will drive!

remeber, adults, college students, high school students, ANYONE can drive (its going to be awsome!)

[Kyle Love]

45 is now in, who else is in on it? Is there a registered team list like there is for IRI ?

[John Wanninger]

Originally Posted by Kyle45

45 is now in, who else is in on it?

FRV-22 is in!

[sanddrag]

I'll give a special something (I'm not sure what yet, maybe rep points) to anyone who makes a shifting two speed (two ratio) drive system on their vex bot for this competition. Raising and lowering or engaging and disngaging different wheel sets may be used as an alternative to actually switching gears.

I want to see it done, so I'll offer a little incentive for it.