[FTC]: What should I know? (going into FTC from FRC)

[Tommy F.]

Originally Posted by Hobo

1. How often (and at what level of play) will teams set up concrete strategies? In FRC, it became a lot more serious during elims and larger events, but qualifications could be a bit of a tossup (and sometimes people just did whatever they wanted). Is it like that in FTC as well?

Strategically, a big difference between FRC and FTC is that FTC only gives you 1 alliance partner while FRC gives you 2. Besides that, things are pretty much the same; you'll still (hopefully) be meeting with your alliance partners before a match to put a strategy together.

Originally Posted by Hobo

2. Just to make sure: are there any very specific building rules like there are in FRC?

Part 1 of the FTC Game Manual for this season was released recently. "Robot Rules" lists a lot of things you can and can't use. Was there anything more specific you were thinking of?

Originally Posted by Hobo

3. How much do event registrations cost? Also, is there a list of the events on the East coast or something I could look up?

http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...c/registration has the registration and costs for this season. And http://www.usfirst.org/whats-going-on will show you your nearby events.

Hope this helps!