2013 Beantown Blitz - June 1st, 2013

[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.

[Rosiebotboss]

Originally Posted by MikeE

Please Brandon!

I'll second that "tweak."

[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.

[Brandon Holley]

The Beantown Blitz is just 2.5 weeks away. We are very close to being completely full. If your team is interested in joining the fun, please get in touch with us ASAP at beantownblitz [AT] gmail [DOT] com, or by registering your team here: http://www.nutrons.com/registration-page/

We currently will be welcoming 36 awesome teams to join the fun:
125 The NUTRONs
4761 Robockets
1027 Project Jabberwocky
4048 Redshift
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"
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
4473 REM Delta Prime
839 Rosie Robotics
1100 T-Hawks
348 Norwell robotics
69 HYPER
4042 Spartan Eagles
2877 Ligerbots
4796 Dragon 1
4564 Orange Chaos
172 The Northern Force
3930 SMART Robotic
2168 Aluminum Falcons
1761 Lynn Tech Robotics
5125 (Pre-Rookie) Haverhill, MA


We always are looking for good volunteers, so if you would like to volunteer for the Blitz, feel free to register here: http://www.nutrons.com/?page_id=432&preview=true


We will be posting our final rule tweaks and updates by this weekend, so stay tuned for some exciting information about the BLITZ!


-Brando

[Brandon Holley]

Just wanted to add this as well, if you are planning on volunteering at the Blitz, please register here: http://www.nutrons.com/?page_id=432&preview=true

Even if I've already had a conversation with you, this is to ensure we get our headcounts and tshirt sizes correct.


See you then!
-Brando