2013 Beantown Blitz - June 1st, 2013

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

Happy to have you guys this year Koko.

-Brando

Now I'm just hoping no one's prom falls on that weekend.

[esquared]

Here's to hoping it isn't pouring the entire day before and the day of the event....although driving INTO the arena to drop off your robot is awesome

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Now I'm just hoping no one's prom falls on that weekend.

It also happens to be an SAT weekend, so have your kids plan in advance for that. Also, I kind of doubt prom would be that late in the school year, but I don't know much about other school's proms.

[sgreco]

I look forward to the Blitz every year. I'm not sure if 2079 is attending since I've been disconnected from FIRST this year, but even as a spectator I look forward to going.

Brandon and the rest of 125 out-do themselves every year putting this event together. Definitely one of the top-notch post-season events in the country.

[Brandon Holley]

The Blitz is filling up quickly, so please sign your team up if you plan on attending! Here's who is coming thus far, lots of familiar faces and a few new ones!!



125 The NUTRONs

4761 Robockets

1027 Project Jabberwocky

4048 Redshift

1991 The Dragons

1517 The Lumberjacks

133 Bonny Eagle Robotics Team (B.E.R.T.)

1350 The Rambots

1071 Team MAX

88 TJ(Squared)

78 AIR Strike

175 Buzz Robotics

1058 PVC Pirates

121 Rhode Warriors

1965 SJPHS "Firebirds"

191 X-Cats

1073 The Force Team

2648 Infinite Loop

4555 Sprocketology

2791 Shaker Robotics

2713 iRaiders

1474 Master Link Militia

3958 Schrödinger's Cat

3236 Tri-Force


See you at the Blitz!

-Brando

[Jay O'Donnell]

Are there going to be any rule changes that you know of yet?

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Jay Money 1058

Are there going to be any rule changes that you know of yet?

There will probably be some minor tweaks, but nothing to report officially just yet. Stay tuned...

-Brando

[Rosiebotboss]

Rosie registered this morning....

[MikeE]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

There will probably be some minor tweaks, but nothing to report officially just yet. Stay tuned...

-Brando

Please Brandon!

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by MikeE

Please Brandon!

I'm personally hoping for some "golden frisbees" that are worth double points.

[TedG]

Originally Posted by Jay Money 1058

I'm personally hoping for some "golden frisbees" that are worth double points.

LOL... ask FIRST if you can paint some white frisbees gold.
I wonder how the paint would stick, I would imagine the paint would be stripped off (if shot out of a robot).

Hey how about double points for colored (red/blue) frisbees if thrown into a goal by a human player?

[Brandon Holley]

All good suggestions thus far! (Minus the coopertition pyramid :-P).

We're open to all suggestions and will start making the final call on changes post-Championship. Keep em coming!

-Brando

[esquared]

Originally Posted by BERT

LOL... ask FIRST if you can paint some white frisbees gold.
I wonder how the paint would stick, I would imagine the paint would be stripped off (if shot out of a robot).

Hey how about double points for colored (red/blue) frisbees if thrown into a goal by a human player?

I like the double points for human player disk scores, it's a little extra reward without getting too overhanded.

What about a 15 point score if a human player can get a red/blue disk on top of the pyramid? Haven't seen that happen yet...

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by esquared

I like the double points for human player disk scores, it's a little extra reward without getting too overhanded.

What about a 15 point score if a human player can get a red/blue disk on top of the pyramid? Haven't seen that happen yet...

I remember seeing at least two of those scores at GSR, and I've heard of more at other regionals, but they're so rare that I feel like it is definitely worth that many points.

[Andrew Bates]

At this point in time we have 32 teams registered for the Blitz this year. We still have open spots so make sure you register soon!

Current teams are shown here

You can register here

If you haven't been to the Blitz before we have one the easiest load-ins ever. You can drive your car right into the arena and up to your pit! It doesn't get any easier than that. All this in addition to a top notch event.