The Battle at the Border 2007 Official Thread

[Jon Jack]

It's official! Battle at the Border, Team San Diego's 24 Hour Lock-In and Scrimmage, has returned. Mark your calendars for November 2nd and 3rd.

The lock-in will begin the night of Friday November 2nd followed by the actual competition on November 3rd.

Specifics such as entry fees are still being worked out and should be announced soon.

The official website for Battle at the Border is here

[George]

Hay!
How's San Diego doing?
We are looking forward to a great summer and would like to join your "Battle at the Border"
Would there be any problem with us running a test transmission / robot?
Of course all the plans would be free and available for the asking.
Please let us know, we want to Go to Diego!

Have Fun!

Geo.

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by George

Hay!
How's San Diego doing?
We are looking forward to a great summer and would like to join your "Battle at the Border"
Would there be any problem with us running a test transmission / robot?
Of course all the plans would be free and available for the asking.
Please let us know, we want to Go to Diego!

Have Fun!

Geo.

We'd love to have the legendary Team 60 join us for Battle at the Border!

As for the test transmission/robot you're more than welcome to run them at the competition. You probably won't be only team running prototype parts either

[yodameister]

More information would be good. For us to make arrangements, we need to have an out-of-state trip approved by the school board (where, why, how, how much, who, etc). Thanks!

[DCA Fan]

Where: Madison High School, San Diego
Why: Because not only is it an offseason, the all nighter before hand is filled with fun, food, and games
How: With gracious professionalism
How much: Not sure
Who: Team San Diego hosts

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by yodameister

More information would be good. For us to make arrangements, we need to have an out-of-state trip approved by the school board (where, why, how, how much, who, etc). Thanks!

Originally Posted by DCA Fan

Where: Madison High School, San Diego
Why: Because not only is it an offseason, the all nighter before hand is filled with fun, food, and games
How: With gracious professionalism
How much: Not sure
Who: Team San Diego hosts

Most of what George said is true. Compared to previous years the price for the COMPETITION will be somewhere in the sub $300 range. The Lock-In could be included in that price, I'm not sure at the moment. Our first planning meeting is on the 21st of June and the topic of entry fee will likely come up then. Expect more information released shortly after the 21st.

Another reason to come is as George said, the lock-in. Things get changed up from year to year so we cannot for sure say what's going to be at the lock-in. Some of the things we've had at the lock-in before were: LAN Party (Console and PC based), Tiki Lounge, Karaoke, Movie rentals, Food, Drinks, etc.

Some of the new things being talked about this year: LAN Party (revamped), X-Box 360 Circle (A large circle of projectors hooked up to X-Box 360s), Rack n' Roll Side Events (Robot Drag Racing, Human Player Challenge, etc) and Flight Simulators just to name a few. Of course none of this will be finalized until the event gets closer.

Oh and of course after the lock-in there is this little competition too . So far it looks like we'll be the last off-season on the West Coast (maybe even the country) and potentially your last crack at Rack n' Roll.

As for how... Once again George put it the best, with the GP from a handful of teams down here we're able to put on this event. Every team running the event pitches in a little (some more than others). We're also relying on some sponsors to help out with somethings (Like a new field? )

Also, FYI. Madison High School's Gym Floor was redone last summer (part of the reason this event was nixed last year) and the school would like to keep the floor looking new for as long as possible. We're trying to be very cautious of this. As a result, there will be foam padding laid out under the field. The foam is almost identical to the foam used for the FVC playing field.

Who else is planning on coming?

[yodameister]

LOL...Thanks!

[Nica F.]

Madison high school was not where it was held at the last time correct?
I would like to try to get our team to go.

[Jon Jack]

Madison High School is where we hold almost all of our events. From our FVC championship tournament to our pre-ship scrimmage to Battle at the Border (2004, 2005 and now 2007)

[Nica F.]

Oh okay, thank you for clarifying. I forgot where it was held last time.
When will the registration be up on the website?

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by Nica F.

Oh okay, thank you for clarifying. I forgot where it was held last time.
When will the registration be up on the website?

Our next meeting is this Thursday. Hopefully we'll be able to launch registration shortly thereafter.

[Jon Jack]

We had an scheduling conflict with the Nov. 2nd and 3rd date. So we're moving the event back 1 week. The event will now take place on October 26th and 27th.

This actually works out well for many of the SoCal teams who wanted to attend SCRRF's Fall Workshops and Battle at the Border and couldn't due to the previous date.

More details to be announced next week!