Registration 2013

[OZ_341]

Just curious.... Who has the honor of owning the highest team number and what is that number?
Thanks for all the effort that you put into this each year.

[Littleboy]

At one point this afternoon, there was 2564 teams. 2 must have dropped.
4 of the 5 with the highest numbers came from MI. The highest is team 4839 from Ishpeming, MI.

[Gregor]

How many Ontario teams are there compared to last year. How many have not registered that competed last year?

[Littleboy]

THere are 87 Ontario teams this year. 26 of of these are rookies There were 78 Ontario teams last year. This means that there are 17 missing vets.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by OZ_341

Just curious.... Who has the honor of owning the highest team number and what is that number?
Thanks for all the effort that you put into this each year.

4841 out of Tucson, AZ

[Mark McLeod]

The highest team number for this season probably hasn't shown up quite yet.

After registration closes there will continue to be a gradual rise in the number of teams for the next 10-12 days, before they begin to fall off as loosely organized teams fall apart, fundraising hopes are dashed, unions go on strike. The final count will probably end up around what it is now.
Expect the peak in registration numbers to be reached around December 17 or so, before it begins to drop back to around today's number.

Last year the registration process was extremely long and drawn out. Believe it or not, last year the final team wasn't dropped from the FIRST roster until the first week in April (April fool's I suppose).

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Littleboy

THere are 87 Ontario teams this year. 26 of of these are rookies There were 78 Ontario teams last year. This means that there are 17 missing vets.

Anybody know who the 17 missing Ontario vets are?

EDIT: They are:

Older vets:
843 (been a 2 regional team every year since 2004 [actually, 2005 was WAT/CMP])
1009 (previously defunct from 2007-2010)
1053 (been attending GTR-West only since 2003)
1221 (been attending GTR-West only since 2003, missed 2009, and played GTR-East as well in 2012)
1514 (been attending GTR [GTRE in 2011] since 2005, added Waterloo in 2012)
1535 (a mix, been to CMP 3x, usually attended at least one Ontario regional every year since 2007)
1835 (been attending GTR-West only since 2006)
2076 (WAT in '07, GTR/WAT in 08/09, didn't play in '10, GTR-West in '11/'12)

Single-year teams:
4022
4094
4236
4248
4249
4258
4307
4357
4367

[Mark McLeod]

I've been maintaining some maps of the missing teams. I update it every few days:
http://batchgeo.com/map/8609ea5e7bfa...7f3fcb7f0e09ee

Rookie team locations too: http://batchgeo.com/map/1fc7f4d6e73f...b47448ab26a4ce

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Michigan hit 200 teams.

Not really on-topic, but when is Michigan going to get the appropriate number of bids to CMP proportional to the number of teams in the state?

[Littleboy]

I was hoping 3 years ago. We still have not.
Another question would be when we are getting more districts as 10 is almost too few for 206 teams.
Hopefully, both of those get raised next year.

[IndySam]

When are they going to start clearing off some of these waitlists?

[AlexD744]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I've been maintaining some maps of the missing teams. I update it every few days:
http://batchgeo.com/map/8609ea5e7bfa...7f3fcb7f0e09ee

Rookie team locations too: http://batchgeo.com/map/1fc7f4d6e73f...b47448ab26a4ce

Kudos to Minnesota, they have seen some explosive growth in the past few seasons and have not lost a single team this year (yet). Growth + sustainability = recipe for success! Good job!

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Not really on-topic, but when is Michigan going to get the appropriate number of bids to CMP proportional to the number of teams in the state?

May I point out that last year Michigan had 190 of 2339 teams or 8.12% of all teams, Michigan then had 36 of 400 at CMP or 9% of of teams at CMP thus it is proportional

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by IndySam

When are they going to start clearing off some of these waitlists?

I asked the same question; the RD handles the waitlist, so whenever he/she is able to clear it is when it is done.

[scottandme]

Originally Posted by MARS_James

May I point out that last year Michigan had 190 of 2339 teams or 8.12% of all teams, Michigan then had 36 of 400 at CMP or 9% of of teams at CMP thus it is proportional

But how many of those were from open registration at the start of the season? They only award 18 slots at Michigan CMP. With no open registration to speak of this year, that number is likely to decrease, perhaps significantly. They only other way for Michigan teams to qualify is via winning an outside regional (along with CCA and Einstein, etc).

For comparison, MAR had 26 out of 99 teams at CMP last year, 12 qualified at MAR CMP, 9 teams registered in the fall, 4 spots were opened up by teams double qualifying at MAR CMP (outside regional winner/preregistration/CCA), and 1 CCA winner.

This year we will have our 12 slots at MAR CMP, 4 teams registered from last year (3 CCA and 1 Einstein 12), and then possibly a few more if any MAR teams qualify via outside regionals (looks like 10 out of 109 teams plan to attend another regional this year). A few of those 12 slots could be lost if 25,103,341, or 365 attend and win MAR CMP or MAR EI/CA.

Regardless, I don't think there's any denying that Michigan produces some of the strongest teams in FIRST, and they'll likely be under-represented this year.