M.A.R.C. 2011 INVITE LIST

[Steve Ketron]

Thank each and every one of you for registering your team for the 2011 MARC event. Due to the amount of teams applying to compete in the M.A.R.C., I have decided to raise the maximum amount of teams to 48. This way I will only have a couple teams on the wait list. Therefore, if you are unable to come to M.A.R.C. please notify me ASAP so I can invite a wait listed team. Also, because of scheduling issues involved with cancellations, your entry fee is non-refundable.

Because of the increased number of teams participating, I am going to open the pits on Friday (6-24-11) at 11:30am and have the first qualification round start at 2:30pm instead of 3pm. The last match of Friday night will be at 6:30pm instead of 6pm. Starting 30 minutes early and ending 30 minutes late should give us the amount of time needed to allow ever team 10 rounds of qualification matches. My goal for this event is to provide every team a minimum of 10 qualifications and these start/stop times will allow this to happen with adding the 6 extra teams.

Any off-season rule changes to the game will come from Gary Voshol and his refereeing crew. Gary has sent suggestion cards out at several events and will talk it over with his crew for what changes (if any) they feel will make M.A.R.C. a fun event. Like last year, I have confidence in Gary in making the right changes.

MENTOR MATCHES:
There are only 24 spots for the mentor matches. If you want to be a part of those matches please submit payment asap to confirm you have a spot. Plankowners (original 12 teams) and last year winners have priority of those spots but payment must be received by May 30th to receive this status. The others are open to first pay is in. The mentor match team must consist of at least 1 student coach, 1 mentor driver, and 1 mentor human player. This years matches is going to be a double elimination match with losers of each round going to the LOSERS BRACKET. Once you lose from the losers bracket, your alliance is eliminated from the matches. The fee this years mentor match is $25.

The following is a list of teams invited to participate in M.A.R.C. 2011

1.) 51 Pontiac, MI Wings of Fire
2.) 70 Goodrich, MI More Martins
3.) 240 Monroe,MI TEMPEST
4.) 279 Toledo, OH Tech Fusion
5.) 503 Novi, MI Frog Force
6.) 910 Madison Heights, MI Foley Freeze
7.) 1023 Temperance, MI Bedford Express
8.) 1243 Swartz Creek, MI Dragons
9.) 1504 Okemos, MI Desperate Penguins
10.) 1528 Monroe, MI Monroe Trojan Robotics
11.) 1732 Milwaukee, WI Hilltoppers
12.) 33 Auburn Hills, MI Killer Bees
13.) 67 Milford, MI Heros of Tomorrow (H.O.T.)
14.) 107 Holland, MI Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S.
15.) 135 Mishawaka, IN The Black Knights
16.) 201 Rochester, MI F.E.D.S.
17.) 245 Rochester Hills, MI Adambots
18.) 280 Taylor, MI TnT
19.) 302 Lake Orion, MI Dragons
20.) 308 West Bloomfield , MI MONSTERS
21.) 326 Romulus, MI Extreme Eagles
22.) 451 Holland, OH The Cat Attack
23.) 461 West Lafayette, IN Westside Boiler Invasion
24.) 469 West Bloomfield , MI Las Guerrillas
25.) 494 Goodrich, MI Martians
26.) 548 Northville, MI Robostangs
27.) 815 Allen Park, MI Advanced Power
28.) 830 Ann Arbor, MI RatPack
29.) 903 Detroit, MI Robotroopers
30.) 1250 Detroit, MI Gator-Bots
31.) 1684 Lapeer, MI Chimeras
32.) 1718 Armada, MI The Fighting Pi
33.) 1741 Greenwood, IN Red Alert Robotics
34.) 1918 Fremont, MI NC GEARS
35.) 2337 GrandBlanc, MI EngiNERDs
36.) 2612 Waterford,MI WMD
37.) 2832 livonia, MI Livonia Warriors
38.) 2834 Bloomfield Hills, MI Bionic Barons
39.) 2851 Sterling Heights, MI Crevolution
40.) 3096 Detroit, MI Finney Highlanders
41.) 3098 Waterford,MI The Captains
42.) 3115 Detroit, MI Robo-Panthers
43.) 3147 Munster Indiana Mustang Horsepower
44.) 3175 Grosse Pointe Woods, MI Knight Vision
45.) 3357 Grand Rapids, MI COMETS
46.) 3538 Auburn Hills, MI Full Metal Yellowjackets
47.) 3547 Monroe, MI VIRUS
48.) 3773 Tecumseh, Michigan Tecumseh TechTrons

Any questions or concerns please feel free to email me. Once again thank you for coming to MARC 2011.

[Bjenks548]

548 is ready for MARC! I'm excited to see quite a few of our 2011 alliance members from past events. I believe 2337 and 548 will match up for the 5th time this year (all our events). Looking forward to a great event!

[P.J.]

Looks awesome, about to be very competitive. Hopefully they make it easy on the refs. I don't want to call any stupid lane or zone incursions...

[nikeairmancurry]

I like the change to the Mentor Matches... It will make them go much faster... Thanks for the invite, we will be there...

[J_Miles]

Originally Posted by Bjenks548

548 is ready for MARC! I'm excited to see quite a few of our 2011 alliance members from past events. I believe 2337 and 548 will match up for the 5th time this year (all our events). Looking forward to a great event!

It's only a question of whether it will be with or against . Oh, and regarding your signature: how about all of them?

[Bjenks548]

Originally Posted by J_Miles

It's only a question of whether it will be with or against . Oh, and regarding your signature: how about all of them?

We're into tardec, but hopefully we can meet up at IRI and Kettering Kickoff to. Maybe get the Galileo team together again at some point?

[XaulZan11]

Any updates on rule changes?


Also, I think next year you should keep registration open until after IRI announces their invititions. I think there would be several teams that would apply to MARC if they knew they wouldn't be going to IRI.

[P.J.]

Gary Voshol (I hope I spelled that right), the head ref, has some rule changes worked out, he's just waiting to post them. And they're good, trust me.

[Steve Ketron]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Any updates on rule changes?


Also, I think next year you should keep registration open until after IRI announces their invititions. I think there would be several teams that would apply to MARC if they knew they wouldn't be going to IRI.

I already had to turn teams down without waiting for IRI to make their cut. Why should I wait for them? MARC is before IRI so if they want to come then they should register. If they make our cut and don't want to come then they can turn down the invite and I can pick a team from our waitlist.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Steve Ketron

Why should I wait for them?

Because many teams want to go to one and only one summer off season.

[Steve Ketron]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Because many teams want to go to one and only one summer off season.

Again, register for both and if you get into both remove yourself from the one you chose not to attend. Both IRI and MARC have waitlist that I am sure teams on won't mind moving up.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Steve Ketron

Again, register for both and if you get into both remove yourself from the one you chose not to attend. Both IRI and MARC have waitlist that I am sure teams on won't mind moving up.

IRI has no waitlist.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Steve Ketron

I already had to turn teams down without waiting for IRI to make their cut. Why should I wait for them? MARC is before IRI so if they want to come then they should register. If they make our cut and don't want to come then they can turn down the invite and I can pick a team from our waitlist.

I just think that if you want to have the biggest, more diverse pool of teams to pick from, I would keep registration open for a couple of days after IRI announces their teams. I know one team that thought they would get into IRI, didn't and then wished they applied to MARC. Of course they could have/should have applied to MARC beforehand, but they didn't. I think you could get a couple more out of state teams apply if they get their hopes up about competeting again, don't get into IRI and thus apply to MARC.

[nikeairmancurry]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

I just think that if you want to have the biggest, more diverse pool of teams to pick from, I would keep registration open for a couple of days after IRI announces their teams. I know one team that thought they would get into IRI, didn't and then wished they applied to MARC. Of course they could have/should have applied to MARC beforehand, but they didn't. I think you could get a couple more out of state teams apply if they get their hopes up about competeting again, don't get into IRI and thus apply to MARC.

I would agree... I can't see where holding off to the week after IRI invites teams would hurt... Yes MARC is early, but there is still a month until the event and I would say that isn't a bad time to anncounce a team list either..

espiecally since IRI doesn't have a waitlist...

[P.J.]

None of your arguments really hold water, I agree with the apply to both policy. IRI may not have a waitlist, but MARC does. So if you make it into IRI, you can turn down MARC and another team will take your place. However if you don't make it to IRI, then you have MARC to fall back on. I really don't see a problem with this system