IRI Rules and Team Invitation List

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by DanielCH

Team 295 was passed over in the application process, team 2451 and team 706 were not. Both are relatively geographically near to IRI (but not in IN), and while I'm sure they're both absolutely fantastic teams, objectively we did have a bit of a better season than them (IMHO).

Those were just two examples that caught my eye, I really don't want to seem like I'm calling them out. Again, I'm sure they're both really great teams.

On a different note, is there any reason that IN teams are given preference? For an event as prestigious and selective as IRI, that doesn't really make sense to me.

2451 and 706 were both first round picks of regional Finalist. Both were solid.

[Chris Fultz]

We won't disclose our process.

Current season performance is a big part of it. But a robot that is a 1st or 2nd pick could be "ranked" higher than a robot that was a 15th or 16th pick that won a regional. We select teams and robots, not alliances.

Indiana teams have a very limited preference, and it gets smaller every year.

We will be posting in the next day or so. Right now we are over 68 confirmed and a few are still working on school board approval - but are staying on contact with us.

[Sir Legit]

Originally Posted by Lydia Yeckley

I guess 2252 will see everyone there!

I had the honor of competing with you guys at Buckeye. You all definitely earned your spot!

[Dragonking]

when will the official list be posted?

[Chris Fultz]

Here is the final list of teams who have accepted the IRI invitation for 2013.
Teams have until June 30 to finalize payments and then we will publish the "final" listing soon after that.

This looks to be an excellent field for competition!

1 11 MORT
2 16 Bomb Squad
3 20 The Rocketeers
4 27 Team RUSH
5 33 Killer Bees
6 45 TechnoKats Robotics Team
7 48 Delphi E.L.I.T.E.
8 51 Wings of Fire
9 67 The HOT Team
10 68 Truck Town Thunder
11 71 Team Hammond
12 111 Wildstang
13 116 Epsilon Delta
14 118 Robonauts
15 125 NUTRONS
16 141 WO-BOT
17 148 Robotwranglers
18 195 Cyber Knights
19 217 ThunderChickens
20 234 Cyber Blue
21 245 Adambots
22 303 TEST team
23 359 Hawaiian Kids
24 447 Team Roboto
25 461 Westside Boiler Invasion
26 469 Las Guerrillas
27 624 CRyptonite
28 696 Circuit Breakers
29 706 CYBERHAWKS
30 829 Digital Goats
31 862 Lightning Robotics
32 868 TechHOUNDS
33 967 Iron Lions
34 987 HIGHROLLERS
35 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
36 1114 Simbotics
37 1241 THEORY6
38 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS
39 1334 Red Devels
40 1477 Texas Torque
41 1503 Spartonics
42 1538 The Holy Cows
43 1592 Bionic Tigers
44 1625 Winnovation
45 1640 Sab-BOT-age
46 1676 The Pascack PI-oneers
47 1732 Hilltoppers
48 1741 Red Alert Robotics
49 1902 Exploding Bacon
50 2054 Tech Vikes
51 2056 OP Robotics
52 2175 The Fighing Calculators
53 2252 The Mavericks
54 2337 EngiNERDS
55 2338 Gear It Forward
56 2451 PWNAGE
57 2468 Team Appreciate
58 2474 Excel
59 2590 Nemesis
60 2648 Infinite Loop
61 2826 Wave Robotics
62 3467 The Windham Windup
63 3476 Code Orange
64 3539 Byting Bulldogs
65 3641 The Flying Toasters
66 3847 Spectrum
67 3928 Team Neutrino
68 3947 The Last Crusaders
69 4039 MakeShift Robotics
70 4265 Wildbots
71 4334 Alberta Tech Alliance (ATA)
72 4814 United Robotics of London

[BrendanB]

Looks like an extremely competitive event as always with a very solid list of New England contenders (125, 195, 2648, & 3467)!

[Akash Rastogi]

I really wish 254 would go to IRI.

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I really wish 254 would go to IRI.

I really wish there was more west coast participation. Only five teams west of the Rockies! That includes zero from the PNW, even though a number of teams from that region had really good seasons.

IRI Team Map

[hammerhead_399]

399 was trapped in the unforgiving hands of district policies.. Hopefully we can make it there next year.

[runneals]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I really wish 254 would go to IRI.

My exact thoughts too. It'll be interesting to see 359 from Hawaii. Counting down the days!

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I really wish 254 would go to IRI.

So do we. We had a logistics problem that prevented us from attending.

[SharonO]

What happened to SWAT #1806? They were to be Kansas City's representative.


Sharon
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[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by SharonO

What happened to SWAT #1806? They were to be Kansas City's representative.


Sharon
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According to a team member earlier in the thread, their lead mentor was unable to attend and their school would not let them go without him.

[lemiant]

I'm always amazed by how one little off-season in an Indiana highschool manages to attract almost all the best teams in the world.
Who do you think the most notable missing teams are? I'd say 1986, 254 and 1717.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by lemiant

I'm always amazed by how one little off-season in an Indiana highschool manages to attract almost all the best teams in the world.
Who do you think the most notable missing teams are? I'd say 1986, 254 and 1717.

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