Registration 2013

[Racer26]

You didn't really miss the point. I have no doubt they'll be in the thick of it time and time again to win champs.

CMP WFA is one they still don't have to my knowledge. IIRC Mark Breadner is the only Canadian CMP WFA winner, and his ties (originally, anyway) are to 188.

I'm really excited to see what 1114 can accomplish now. They should have some additional pull for sponsorship dollars, which should allow them to expand the simbot effect in new and exciting ways.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

P.S.
15% of the estimated 3848 available slots are unclaimed/unassigned at present.

Are these slots in the districts or what? I do think we claimed the last one south of the Mason-Dixon line. (Palmetto? Full. Peachtree? Full. North Carolina? Full. Orlando? Full. Bayou? Full. Virginia? Full. Smoky Mountains? Full. South Florida? Full now! )

[Mark McLeod]

They may not show it, but the South isn't quite done yet.
North Carolina just added 3 more teams and Virginia just added 2 more.

I'm counting the estimated reserved slots that haven't been assigned or claimed yet.
South Florida, Bayou, Orlando, North Carolina probably have a good number of slots still unaccounted for.

With those last two teams Virginia's probably full now with 64 teams, and maybe Palmetto's full, possibly Peachtree. Smoky Mountain is close.

P.S.
The only events with appreciable openings are Greater Totonto West(18) & Hub City (11)
A smattering of other events have a few open slots:

• (6) Western Canada
• (5) each at MAR's Mt. Olive & Lenape Seneca
• (5) Israel
• (4) Las Vegas
• (2) Buckeye

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

They may not show it, but the South isn't quite done yet.
North Carolina just added 3 more teams and Virginia just added 2 more.

I'm counting the estimated reserved slots that haven't been assigned or claimed yet.
South Florida, Bayou, Orlando, North Carolina probably have a good number of slots still unaccounted for.

With those last two teams Virginia's probably full now with 64 teams, and maybe Palmetto's full, possibly Peachtree. Smoky Mountain is close.

Oh, absolutely--but it seems like open slots were not this scarce last year.

Palmetto's a crap shoot with the new venue, but Peachtree probably has about six slots waiting out. (There were 60 teams last year, and it was surprisingly not that tight.)

[Phyrxes]

I suspect Virginia is now completely full at 64, unless they have some super secret space to put more pits that I don't know about.

[PayneTrain]

^They could move some of the promotional booths out of the pits, or, god forbid, the Tropical Smoothie stand. But really, we usually cap at 60 teams and haven't matched 64 since Overdrive. I think as the Langley Regional it's pushed all the way up to 66, but the key word here is "push"... as in, you have to push your way through the pits.

[MARS_James]

Orlando just went up to 61 teams and only one of the new ones is a rookie

[SarahBeth]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

^They could move some of the promotional booths out of the pits, or, god forbid, the Tropical Smoothie stand. But really, we usually cap at 60 teams and haven't matched 64 since Overdrive. I think as the Langley Regional it's pushed all the way up to 66, but the key word here is "push"... as in, you have to push your way through the pits.

Smoothies aren't a necessity?! Say it isn't so....

[Hallry]

Interestingly, NYC still has not released it's 10 or 12 reserved spots...

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Interestingly, NYC still has not released it's 10 or 12 reserved spots...

NYC may be holding spots for teams affected by the hurricane in NYC and Long Island. Just a guess.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Interestingly, NYC still has not released it's 10 or 12 reserved spots...

It is unlikely that you will hear anything until mid December..." - NYC RD

So hey, let's play the "Veteran team that's already signed up for at least one regional/district event and is on the NYC waitlist" game!

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[Mark McLeod]

There are a few LI teams on the NYC waitlist as a second event, too.

New team registration has fallen off, even with the Alberta and Australian surge. It's getting closer to the 2011 new team growth rate.
New team generation (318) is running 16% behind last year at this time (see attached - gray is 2013, red is 2012, black is 2011).

A group of four rookie teams just got reclassified to new "veteran" teams and traded in for lower team numbers.

Veteran team re-registration is right on target with a 91.3% return rate.

Total growth is ~11% better than last year at this time.

[Mark McLeod]

the FRC Blog had some news about the events where they will still accept teams.

Regional Slots
The following regionals still have team slots available. Note that for some of these, the Regional page on our website shows zero open capacity – but this capacity does not include the handful of slots typically kept on reserve. So, if you have any interest in going to these events, please register for them! Also, please make sure to check the Regional page for specific dates of these events – some do not follow the Thursday-Saturday pattern.

• Greater Toronto West
• Western Canadian
• Hub City
• Las Vegas
• Spokane
• Israel
• Pine Tree
• Bayou
• Buckeye
• Central Valley

[Mark McLeod]

Not done yet. Expect a burst of teams to show up the last week, but I'd guess that we're down to the last 80 or so (mostly rookie) teams to register. To keep up the average growth rate we'd need twice that (~170 more teams). Typically, more teams will register than will actually play. Last year we dropped back 27 teams from the high point, reached a week after registration closed.

A summary to date:

• 2481 teams (~10% over last year at this time)
• 92% team retention (tied for best ever with 2003)
• 208 veteran teams gone missing
• 331 new teams (rookies + new vets)
• 21 defunct teams resurrected (two thirds of these teams sat out just one year)

Growth > 20%
800.0% ----- Australia
750.0% ----- Canada-AB
157.1% ----- AR
100.0% ----- Bosnia
100.0% ----- Canada-BC
100.0% ----- Canada-SK
100.0% ----- Dominican Republic
100.0% ----- Netherlands
100.0% ----- SD
61.9% ------ Mexico
46.2% ------ TN
30.0% ------ ME
25.0% ------ IA

Most Teams > 100:

216 ----- CA
192 ----- MI
180 ----- MN
138 ----- NY
130 ----- TX
112 ----- WA


Missing (by %)

33.3% ----- WY
33.3% ----- MT
31.8% ----- Israel
30.0% ----- NV
27.8% ----- HI
24.3% ----- TX
21.8% ----- Canada-ON
20.0% ----- Turkey
20.0% ----- MS
19.6% ----- GA
16.7% ----- KY
16.7% ----- NM
15.0% ----- CO
13.3% ----- DC
12.9% ----- LA
12.5% ----- Canada-QC
12.5% ----- ID
11.1% ----- UT
10.5% ----- FL

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A summary of the data is attached.

[ehochstein]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Missing (by %)
33.3% ----- WY
33.3% ----- MT
31.8% ----- Israel
30.0% ----- NV
27.8% ----- HI
24.3% ----- TX
21.8% ----- Canada-ON
20.0% ----- Turkey
20.0% ----- MS
19.6% ----- GA
16.7% ----- KY
16.7% ----- NM
15.0% ----- CO
13.3% ----- DC
12.9% ----- LA
12.5% ----- Canada-QC
12.5% ----- ID
11.1% ----- UT
10.5% ----- FL

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A summary of the data is attached.

What happened to 10 of the Hawaii teams? Do they usually register late Mark?

Thanks for all of the information you supply on registration year after year, I always find it very interesting!