how many off-season events for your team?

[dbell]

How many off-season tournaments will/has your team go(ne) to this year?

[efoote868]

IRI only

[Josh Murphy]

We go to the IRI, Kettering Kickoff, and Team Ford First (if they have one this year- haven't heard much about it yet). That is what we did last year also.

[Billfred]

1618 is hoping to pull one off this year. The exact event (if any) is TBD.

[Koko Ed]

We do the Rah Cha Cha Ruckus and that's it.

[lukevanoort]

We'll be going to Battle o Baltimore. We were originally planning on hosting an offseason (The pair of gyms at one of our schools are just about perfect for an offseason event) but ultimately determined that we did not have enough time to plan and put on the offseason. Maybe next year.

[Dan Petrovic]

Beantown Blitz
Mayhem in Merrimack
Battlecry
River Rage

We are full of off-season events!

[Grant Cox]

Same as 47 - IRI, Kettering Kickoff, and we host TFFRI [which really needs a new name]

[Kyle Love]

I believe the TechnoKats will be attending...

IRI
Kettering Kickoff (tentative)
Team Ford FIRST (tentative)

[KathieK]

I attended BattleCry and plan to attend Bash at the Beach and Ramp Riot in the fall, facilitating NEMO workshops.

(extensive listing here if you're still looking for one to attend - http://www.firstnemo.org/PDF/2007_Calendar.pdf )

[dbell]

We went to these last year and plan to again:
Beantown Blitz
Mayhem in Merrimack
Battlecry @WPI
Bash @ the Beach
River Rage

I guess we go to more events than most teams.

[EricH]

IRI, Fall Classic, possibly Battle at the Border. (All the ones within a short drive, plus IRI.)

[Speeder]

The LuNaTecs plan on attending 4 Off-Season Events:

Tigertrons 222's PARC X
The Baltimore Area Alliance's Battle o Baltimore
Miss Daisy 341's Ramp Riot 2007
MOE 365 & LuNaTeCs 316's Duel on the Delaware 6

[Zyik]

973's going to Cal Games this year. It will be our first ever offseason event. Can anyone tell us what to expect?

[dbell]

Originally Posted by Zyik

973's going to Cal Games this year. It will be our first ever offseason event. Can anyone tell us what to expect?

lots of fun!

I haven't been to Cal Games but I'm guessing it's like most off-season events.
The main differences between an off-season competition and a regional are:

-Only one day (sometimes 2)
-No inspections
-No chairmans award or safety award
-Lots of teams have less experienced drivers
-More relaxed (no pressure to qualifying for the championships)
-There is often a human player contest (this is fun)
-Some events make a small change to the game

Other than that it's a lot like a regional event.

DB