The 2011 Beantown Blitz- Presented by Team 125

[Brandon Holley]

Everyone's favorite time of the year is almost upon us! The 2011 Beantown Blitz is only a month and a half away!

When? June 4th, 2011
Where? Matthews Arena, Northeastern University, Boston MA

The Blitz is one of funnest and largest off-season events in the New England area! Last year we attracted 40 teams from around New England and the Mid-Atlantic states to Boston for a fun day of competition.

Spots are filling up fast at this year's Blitz and we encourage any team who's considering coming to get in touch with us as soon as possible!

Last year teams had the opportunity to participate in several practice matches, play 7 qualification matches each, participate in the mentor tournament and if chosen, to compete in the standard elimination tournament. A professional lighting and audio crew make the event regional-esque, and the massive arena we compete in allows you to drive into the arena and right up to your pit to drop off your robot! (we're not kidding, RIGHT up to your pit!)


Teams interested in learning more about the Blitz, do not hesitate to get in touch with us at beantownblitz @ gmail (dot) com! We're always looking for volunteers as well, so feel free to get in touch with us if you want to help out for the day.

The current list of teams is as follows:

125 NUTRONS
1058 PVC Pirates
88 TJ2
1071 Team Max
78 Air Strike
181 Birds of Prey
2648 Infinite Loop
1965 MJSA Eagles
176 Aces High
3126 FlashPoint
121 Rhode Warriors
175 Buzz
69 Hyper Robotics
246 OverClocked
348 Norwell Robotics
3273 Springfield High School of Science and Technology Cybercats
1100 The T-Hawks
2713 Iraiders
172 Northern Force
1511 Rolling Thunder
1991 The Dragons
3461 Simply Robotics
467 The Duct Tape Bandits
839 Rosie Robotics
2877 LigerBots
2593 Brobot
2423 Kqwarks
4648 (Team 2648's Twin Robot)
5125 (Pre-Rookie team using NUTRONs old robot)

Get your spot now, you do NOT want to miss this years BEANTOWN BLITZ!!

-Brando

[AmoryG]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

The current list of teams is as follows:

125 NUTRONS
1058 PVC Pirates
88 TJ2
1071 Team Max
78 Air Strike
181 Birds of Prey
2648 Infinite Loop
1965 MJSA Eagles
176 Aces High
3126 FlashPoint
121 Rhode Warriors
175 Buzz
69 Hyper Robotics
246 OverClocked
348 Norwell Robotics
3273 Springfield High School of Science and Technology Cybercats
1100 The T-Hawks
2713 Iraiders
172 Northern Force
1511 Rolling Thunder
1991 The Dragons
3461 Simply Robotics
467 The Duct Tape Bandits
839 Rosie Robotics
2877 LigerBots
2593 Brobot
2423 Kqwarks
4648 (Team 2648's Twin Robot)
5125 (Pre-Rookie team using NUTRONs old robot)

Get your spot now, you do NOT want to miss this years BEANTOWN BLITZ!!

-Brando

Tis the KwarQs, not Kqwarks.

Oh, and remember the Q must be capitalized, that's very important.

[TPNigl]

If this were a regional on it's own it'd probably be one of the more intense ones xD

I can't wait!

[dag0620]

I know I'll be there, can't wait!

[jwfoss]

I don't believe the team will be able to make it this year, we have a busy offseason. I will most likely drive up to check it out, need a backup game announcer?

[racesick222]

It is unfortunate that the Tigertrons are hosting PARC the same day as the Beantown Blitz this year. Hope you guys have a great event.

[MikeE]

We're very much looking forward to a rematch of some of the more memorable moments of this year's Boston Regional

[Brandon Holley]

Here is an updated team list as of 4-26-11:

We are approaching our maximum capacity, but are still taking teams. If your team wants another shot at LogoMotion sign up at beantownblitz@gmail.com!

125 NUTRONS
1058 PVC Pirates
88 TJ2
1071 Team Max
78 Air Strike
181 Birds of Pry
2648 Infinite Loop
1965 MSJA Eagles
176 Aces High
3126 FlashPoint
121 Rhode Warriors
175 Buzz
69 Hyper Robotics
246 OverClocked
348 Norwell Robotics
3273 Springfield High School of Science and Technology Cybercats
1100 The T-Hawks
2713 Iraiders
172 Northern Force
1511 Rolling Thunder
1991 The Dragons
3461 Simply Robotics
467 The Duct Tape Bandits
839 Rosie Robotics
2877 LigerBots
2593 Brobot
2423 KwarQs
5125 Pre Rookie Using Team 125s Old Robot
4648 Infinite Loop 2nd Robot
1973 Burning Tigers
3555 Aluminati
1916 MP Robotics

Good luck in St. Louis to all teams competing!

-Brando

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by jwfoss

I don't believe the team will be able to make it this year, we have a busy offseason. I will most likely drive up to check it out, need a backup game announcer?

Justin- We'd love to have you as a volunteer. Send an email to the beantownblitz@gmail.com and we'll get you in a spot!

Originally Posted by racesick222

It is unfortunate that the Tigertrons are hosting PARC the same day as the Beantown Blitz this year. Hope you guys have a great event.

Yeah man it sucks. The off-season schedule gets more and more crammed each year and unfortunately with championships being pushed back a couple of weeks it shrinks the window for teams trying to get events in before summer. Have fun down there though, PARC is always a good time.

Originally Posted by MikeE

We're very much looking forward to a rematch of some of the more memorable moments of this year's Boston Regional

As are we Mike. Good luck in St. Louis. I hope Candy and Raven help you guys greatly! (Candy's the big one, Raven's the little one)

-Brando

[Waffles]

Cannot wait to attend this wonderful event! I had so much fun last year the pressure is off, and the fun is on! We've got a bigger crew coming this year too, I think.

Looking forward to seeing Infinite Loop & Duct Tape Bandits!!

[Andrew Bates]

Only 29 Days till the 2011 Beantown Blitz!

We are still looking for some volunteers to help out at the event. If you are interested please send an email to beantownblitz@gmail.com

Thanks for you help!

[Brandon Holley]

We are less than a month away from this year's Beantown Blitz!

Currently we are sitting at 38 teams and have VERY few spots remaining. If your team is interested in coming to the event, let us know as soon as possible! Even if you are not sure, it's better to let us know you are considering coming so we can try to accommodate as many teams as possible!

Current list of teams :

125 NUTRONS
1058 PVC Pirates
88 TJ2
1071 Team Max
78 Air Strike
181 Birds of Pry
2648 Infinite Loop
1965 MSJA Eagles
176 Aces High
3126 FlashPoint
121 Rhode Warriors
175 Buzz
69 Hyper Robotics
246 OverClocked
348 Norwell Robotics
3273 Springfield High School of Science and Technology Cybercats
1100 The T-Hawks
2713 Iraiders
172 Northern Force
1511 Rolling Thunder
1991 The Dragons
3451 Simply Robots
467 The Duct Tape Bandits
839 Rosie Robotics
2877 LigerBots
2593 Brobot
2423 KwarQs
5125 Pre-Rookie using 125s old robot
4648 Infinite Loop 2nd Robot
1973 Burning Tigers
3555 Aluminati
1916 MP Robotics
3236 Tri-Force
2079 Alarm
1027 Mechatronic Maniacs
529 Mansfield Hornets
2523 Labrats
1761 Lynn Tech Robotics


Get ready, the Blitz is coming!!

-Brando

[Brandon Holley]

The Blitz is AT CAPACITY!

We have filled all 40 of our spots, but are still accepting teams to be placed on the wait list. There's still a strong chance for a team on the waiting list to get into the event, so be sure to get your name in if your interested...beantownblitz@gmail.com

Here is the preliminary 40 teams for this years Blitz!

125 NUTRONS
1058 PVC Pirates
88 TJ2
1071 Team Max
78 Air Strike
181 Birds of Pry
2648 Infinite Loop
1965 MSJA Eagles
176 Aces High
3126 FlashPoint
121 Rhode Warriors
175 Buzz
69 Hyper Robotics
246 OverClocked
348 Norwell Robotics
3273 Springfield High School of Science and Technology Cybercats
1100 The T-Hawks
2713 Iraiders
172 Northern Force
1511 Rolling Thunder
1991 The Dragons
3451 Simply Robots
467 The Duct Tape Bandits
839 Rosie Robotics
2877 LigerBots
2593 Brobot
2423 KwarQs
5125 Pre Rookie using team 125s old robot
4648 Infinite Loop 2nd Robot
1973 Burning Tigers
3555 Aluminati
1916 MP Robotics
3236 Tri-Force
2079 Alarm
1027 Mechatronic Maniacs
529 Mansfield Hornets
2523 Labrats
1761 Lynn Tech Robotics
2871 John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science
177 Bobcat Robotics


3 weeks from this Saturday! Get ready for the BLITZ!

-Brando

[Derek012]

This years Beantown Blitz is is looking like it has a very good turn out looking forward to playing some matches with people from the Boston Regional and to see some friends along the way like Rolling Thunder and the Neutrons!

[Brandon Holley]

Hello Everyone!

The Beantown Blitz is merely 5 days away! Team 125 is thrilled to be hosting the event and we are quite busy tying up all the loose ends.

We've had a couple teams come and a couple teams go, but we're still near full capacity. If there are any teams who are looking to join the fun at the last minute we may be able to accommodate you, but we will need to know ASAP! Get in touch with us at beantownblitz@gmail.com.

Current Team List:

125 NUTRONS
1058 PVC Pirates
88 TJ2 (TJ Squared)
1071 Team Max
78 Air Strike
2648 Infinite Loop
1965 MSJA Eagles
176 Aces High
3126 FlashPoint
121 Rhode Warriors
175 Buzz Robotics
69 Hyper Robotics
246 OverClocked
348 Norwell Robotics
1100 The T-Hawks
2713 iRaiders
172 Northern Force
1511 Rolling Thunder
1991 The Dragons
3451 Simply Robots
839 Rosie Robotics
2877 LigerBots
2593 Brobot
2423 The KwarQs
4648 Infinite Loop 2nd Robot
3236 Tri-Force
2079 Alarm
1027 Mechatronic Maniacs
529 Mansfield Hornets
2523 Labrats
1761 Lynn Tech Robotics
2871 John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science
177 Bobcat Robotics
3585 Rogue Robots of 4-H
1973 Burning Tigers


Volunteers:

We're also always looking for volunteers, so if you feel like coming to Boston for the day to have some fun and help out, feel free to get in touch with us!


T-Shirt Sales:

The NUTRONs are trying something new this year at the Beantown Blitz regarding t-shirt sales. We have always received great compliments on our t-shirt designs for the Beantown Blitz each year. In an effort to get more and more of these shirts to the masses we’ve come up with a fun way to sell them this year that we are calling “The Amazing Minibot T-Shirt Race”.

We are going to start the day by selling t-shirts for $5 each. These are high quality t-shirts with a very nice Beantown Blitz 2011 design on them. Then for every 25 t-shirts we sell, we are going to increase the price of the t-shirts by $1. To those who are proactive and get their t-shirts early, they will be getting a deal! We will stop the process when we sell out of t-shirts. We have enough t-shirts on order to expect the price to get up to around $13 at its maximum. There will be a minibot pole at the t-shirt table with a minibot indicating the current price of t-shirts.

We think this is going to be a fun way to get as many t-shirts as possible out to the masses! Remember, the earlier you get your shirt, the cheaper it will be, so get them early!


Game Changes:

The NUTRONs and the planning committee at this year's Beantown Blitz thought long and hard about what game tweaks we could add to this years game. We've talked extensively with our referee crew as well to ensure changes that will be well accepted and enhance the game, not dramatically change it. It is our belief that Logomotion plays very well, and as such we didn't want to mess with a good thing. That said, there are a few minor tweaks we will be making:

Teams will find that our referee crew will be relaxing calls on such things as:
- lane violations
- crossing into the opponents scoring zone
- scoring ubertubes DIRECTLY after the end of autonomous (still do not count, just no penalty)
- touching opponents towers during the end game
- other minor infractions

Our referee crew is hoping to use judgement in deciding whether red cards are warranted, or if a split second of crossing over a lane divider is worth a penalty. We realize this will only work as well as the judgement of our referees, but we have full confidence in our referee crew. We hope all teams will find this general relaxing of rules to be refreshing in a game where minor penalties often determined outcomes of matches and competitions.

We also are excited to announce a minor addition to the game we hope teams will find fun. The Golden Wildcard Tube.

The rules for the Golden Wildcard Tube are simple:
-The alliance who scores more points in autonomous mode will have a Wildcard tube placed into their home scoring zone.
-The Wildcard tube can act as any logo piece depending on which leg it is placed. It is essentially a fill-in for whatever game piece is required to complete a logo for an alliance.
-In the event of a tie in autonomous mode- both alliances will receive a Wildcard tube (excluding 0-0 ties which will result in no Wildcard tubes being distributed)

We hope this will be a minor, yet fun tweak to the game that will be unique to this year's Beantown Blitz.




I hope everyone is ready, this year's Blitz is shaping up to the best one yet!

Also, don't forget to help pick the playlist!! Details in this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ighlight=blitz

For any questions feel free to PM me or email us at beantownblitz@gmail.com

-Brando