2012 MAR Mt. Olive District

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by George A.

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Thanks George, I'll remember to bring some food. To donate...

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

we have about 15 teams on the bubble competing for spots should make it extra crazy:

Well, this IS do-or-die for many teams, and nobody's first event, so I fully expect some of the best competition we'll see....until Philly of course. I expect Awesome.

Not to mention, Mt Olive HS is a great venue.

For those folks attending:
If you are coming from Route 80 and you exit onto Rte 206 South, at the turnoff that heads to the High School there's a Dunkin Donuts (part of a gas station). So Coffee is assured.

About 2 miles south of that spot there are several shopping areas, with a Tractor Supply plus lots more (including food). Between that spot and Rte 80, there is a Lowe's at the 'International Center' (first traffic light near Rte 80) - in case of spare parts. A Home Depot isn't far, either, in Allamuchy.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

For those folks attending:
If you are coming from Route 80 and you exit onto Rte 206 South, at the turnoff that heads to the High School there's a Dunkin Donuts (part of a gas station). So Coffee is assured.

About 2 miles south of that spot there are several shopping areas, with a Tractor Supply plus lots more (including food). Between that spot and Rte 80, there is a Lowe's at the 'International Center' (first traffic light near Rte 80) - in case of spare parts. A Home Depot isn't far, either, in Allamuchy.

For those of you coming off of route 80 towards the school from route 46, there's also a shopping center at the International Trade Center which has a Lowes, Walmart and more food.

The following link can direct you to any and all shopping/restaurant/lodging locations in Mt. Olive (which is composed of Flanders and Budd Lake).

http://www.flanders-nj.com/flanders_shopping.html

Please post up or shoot me a PM if you have any questions about the area.

[Brandon Holley]

Budd Lake Diner. Theres really no need to eat anywhere else.


I'm excited to come home and fully volunteer at an event. I honestly don't know what its like to get to a competition and not have to worry about strategy/robot/team related things which is sad for my 12 years of FIRST. I'm looking forward to it.

Excited to watch many of my friends from the MAR region competing for a spot at the Championship.

-Brando

[PayneTrain]

I really wanted to come up and watch, but we'll be at home pre-scouting for NCR and preparing for our RCA presentation. I'm likening this competition to a Thunderdome-type atmosphere. Given the high match count per team, and how stacked the field is, the field might spontaneously combust, only to be extinguished by some dark, ominous storm cloud over the venue.

[Robotmmm]

There will be food for sale all weekend at the High School. They will have breakfast, lunch, and snack menus. Teams will not need to go looking for food. And here is a link from their website for pre-orders:


http://mort11.org/district/food


And this is the link to the visitor guide which has the menus:

http://mort11.org/static/visitorsguide.pdf

[racesick222]

Can't wait to head out to Mt. Olive tomorrow. Its going to be a great event and theirs going to be a lot of familiar faces I haven't seen in awhile throughout the competition.

Good Luck to all the teams and I hope this weekend will be very exciting.

[Mr MOE]

All the best to MAR teams competing at Mt Olive this weekend!

Would someone please provide link to webcast of the event?

Thanks!

[George A.]

Originally Posted by Mr MOE

All the best to MAR teams competing at Mt Olive this weekend!

Would someone please provide link to webcast of the event?

Thanks!

I'm 95% sure that Pascack will be providing the webcast. But I'll confirm once I get to the even tonight.

The address is team1676.com

[giantmidget31]

Team 555 will be there!

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by Mr MOE

All the best to MAR teams competing at Mt Olive this weekend!

Would someone please provide link to webcast of the event?

Thanks!

Just letting you know I've forwarded your request to the people involved, I'm not actually sure of that link myself.

I'll be heading over there from Manhattan shortly.

More information from MAR's website:

Parking map...http://www.midatlanticrobotics.com/m...e-parking-map/
Competition schedule...http://www.midatlanticrobotics.com/m...tion-schedule/
A few reminders...http://www.midatlanticrobotics.com/m...nt-update-324/

Please be aware that Mt. Olive High School is >NOT< particularly within walking distance of any food serving establishments, so if you did not preorder food, make sure you realize that everything nearby is probably either going to be packed or already sending us food...plan accordingly (PB&J is your friend).

A big thanks BTW to the Budd Lake Diner and all local eating establishments for past contributions of food during build season.

[PatJameson]

Hi everyone!

The stream will be posted on http://mort11.org/district/stream once it is live.

Good luck to everyone.

[Kristian Calhoun]

For those who haven't seen it yet via Twitter or Facebook, Team 25 will be running our new autonomous mode in match 1. Be sure to tune in!

[PayneTrain]

Wow, it's really... dim.

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Wow, it's really... dim.

... and quiet.

EDIT: Webcast now has sound.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Wow, it's really... dim.

Its not actually dim. It seems darker in the webcast because 11 is running overhead lights and spotlights.

In person the lighting is actually really cool