MAYHEM in Merrimack 2012

[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Are there any game/rule changes planned for MAYHEM in Merrimack?

I've personally always enjoyed the "2v2" format of MAYHEM in Merrimack. Hopefully that is a rule change that will be implemented again for this year -- running a 3v3 schedule with fewer than 24 teams would just be too frantic with out enough down time between matches.

With the "2v2" format, I'd suggest having each robot start with 3 balls at the beginning of the match, rather than 2, so as to keep the same total of 18 balls in play for the entire field. I'm not sure whether there should be just two inbounders per alliance (assuming 2v2) or if one of the teams should supply an extra human player so that there would be three inbounders per alliance... My initial reaction would be to just have two inbounders, which would help keep more balls in play, since each alliance would only be able to "hold" a total of four balls, rather than the current six.

[Nick Bouressa]

Three more teams registered today!
This brings the total to a record breaking 22 teams!

The current team list is...
95 Grasshoppers
131 C.H.A.O.S.
155 Techno-Nuts
166 Chop Shop
178 2nd Law Enforcers
190 Gompei and the H.E.R.D.
213 Dirty Birds
238 Cruisin Crusaders
811 Cardinals
1058 The PVC Pirates
1073 The Force Team
1289 Gearheadz
1519 Mechanical Mayhem
1721 Concord Robotics
1735 Green Reapers
1922 OzRam
2648 Infinite Loop
3323 Potential Energy
3467 Windham Windup
3930 SMART Robotics
4042 Spartan Eagles
4176 Iron Tigers

Only 2 spots left!!!!
Register soon!

We haven't made any rule changes yet, but we are still tossing a few ideas around. Once we make a decision it will be posted here. If you have any interesting ideas for a rule change, please post them here!

[klmx30302]

23 teams registered so far-

95 Grasshoppers
131 C.H.A.O.S.
151 Tough Techs
155 Techno-Nuts
166 Chop Shop
178 2nd Law Enforcers
190 Gompei and the H.E.R.D.
213 Dirty Birds
238 Cruisin Crusaders
811 Cardinals
1058 The PVC Pirates
1073 The Force Team
1289 Gearheadz
1519 Mechanical Mayhem
1721 Concord Robotics
1735 Green Reapers
1922 OzRam
2648 Infinite Loop
3323 Potential Energy
3467 Windham Windup
3930 SMART Robotics
4042 Spartan Eagles
4176 Iron Tigers

Only 1 spot left!!!!
Register soon!
Any teams that register after the 24 team mark will be placed on a wait list.

[klmx30302]

23 teams registered so far-

95 Grasshoppers
131 C.H.A.O.S.
151 Tough Techs
155 Techno-Nuts
166 Chop Shop
190 Gompei and the H.E.R.D.
213 Dirty Birds
238 Cruisin Crusaders
501 Power Knights
811 Cardinals
1058 The PVC Pirates
1073 The Force Team
1289 Gearheadz
1519 Mechanical Mayhem
1721 Concord Robotics
1735 Green Reapers
1922 OzRam
2648 Infinite Loop
3323 Potential Energy
3467 Windham Windup
3930 SMART Robotics
4042 Spartan Eagles
4176 Iron Tigers

Only 1 spot left!!!!
Register soon!
Any teams that register after the 24 team mark will be placed on a wait list.

[klmx30302]

23 teams registered so far-

95 Grasshoppers
131 C.H.A.O.S.
151 Tough Techs
155 Techno-Nuts
166 Chop Shop
190 Gompei and the H.E.R.D.
213 Dirty Birds
238 Cruisin Crusaders
501 Power Knights
811 Cardinals
1058 The PVC Pirates
1073 The Force Team
1289 Gearheadz
1519 Mechanical Mayhem
1721 Concord Robotics
1735 Green Reapers
1922 OzRam
2648 Infinite Loop
3323 Potential Energy
3467 Windham Windup
3930 SMART Robotics
4041 Iron Tigers
4042 Spartan Eagles
4176 Iron Tigers

Only 1 spot left!!!!
Register soon!
Any teams that register after the 24 team mark will be placed on a wait list.

[klmx30302]

24 teams registered!!!

95 Grasshoppers
131 C.H.A.O.S.
151 Tough Techs
155 Techno-Nuts
166 Chop Shop
190 Gompei and the H.E.R.D.
213 Dirty Birds
238 Cruisin Crusaders
319 Big Bad Bob
501 Power Knights
811 Cardinals
1058 The PVC Pirates
1073 The Force Team
1289 Gearheadz
1519 Mechanical Mayhem
1721 Concord Robotics
1735 Green Reapers
1922 OzRam
2648 Infinite Loop
3323 Potential Energy
3467 Windham Windup
3930 SMART Robotics
4041 Iron Tigers
4042 Spartan Eagles
4176 Iron Tigers

Registration is full but we are taking reserves.

[kstl99]

With only 11 days to go have any rule changes been decided upon?

[kstl99]

Hey, PVC Pirates, do you have two robots? I just noticed you on the list here and on the Beantown Blitz list.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by kstl99

Hey, PVC Pirates, do you have two robots? I just noticed you on the list here and on the Beantown Blitz list.

Team 1058 will be at Mayhem in Merrimack, not at beantown blitz. We are very happy to be going to Mayhem in Merrimack, although Beantown would've been nice to go to as well. Unfortunately they were on the same say so we could only pick one.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Jay Money 1058

Team 1058 will be at Mayhem in Merrimack, not at beantown blitz. We are very happy to be going to Mayhem in Merrimack, although Beantown would've been nice to go to as well. Unfortunately they were on the same say so we could only pick one.

Very happy that you guys will be in Merrimack!

3467 is extremely excited for Mayhem in Merrimack after attending Battlecry this weekend and is equally excited to see many of our friends on the list and look forward to making new ones!

[Cheerleader1073]

Is there still room for volunteers?

[PVCpirate]

Our team has attended both Beantown Blitz and Merrimack in the past, so we made sure we were registered for both so that we could go to either one we decided to, and we picked Merrimack. See you all there, should be a great time!

[klmx30302]

Originally Posted by kstl99

With only 11 days to go have any rule changes been decided upon?

We have one rule change!

The bridge balance points will be:
10 for 1 bot
20 for 2 bots
30 for 3 bots on any bridge (as in 2 on alliance bridge and one on co-op bridge)
40 for 3 bots on their alliance bridge

7 Days until the MAYHEM begins, looking forward to seeing all of you there!

[PVCpirate]

Originally Posted by klmx30302

We have one rule change!

The bridge balance points will be:
10 for 1 bot
20 for 2 bots
30 for 3 bots on any bridge (as in 2 on alliance bridge and one on co-op bridge)
40 for 3 bots on their alliance bridge

7 Days until the MAYHEM begins, looking forward to seeing all of you there!

Can either of those last two be done in qualifying?

[klmx30302]

Originally Posted by PVCpirate

Can either of those last two be done in qualifying?

Yes, qualifications and eliminations.