MadTown ThrowDown 2013 Info/Registration

[R.C.]

Copy and Pate from Email Blast #1

Hi Teams,

Another year for our annual offseason hosted by Team 1323 and hopefully 1671!

The event will be held on November 8-10. This year we are giving teams the option of going either Friday - Saturday or Friday - Sunday. Friday is still not mandatory, we highly encourage it as teams can get up to 10-20 practice matches in for new and existing drivers. We will have the competition field open around 3 till about 7 pm.

We are looking at doing either:

Saturday - Half day qualifications with half day eliminations OR

Saturday - Start around 9 or 10 and go full day qualifications till 6-8 pm (TBD). Sunday - Half day quals and then elims starting at 1 pm. You must show up both days with this option.

A few teams have shared with us that they would like the extra matches. Regardless of choice, pricing for registration will be the same. This year's registration fee is $200 for one robot and $250 for 2 or more robots. We do reserve the right to remove practice bots if there are teams on the waiting list.

Robot Weight Limit: 130 lbs
Maximum Slots: 32

Event Location: Madera High School North Campus on 200 South "L" Street - Madera, CA
Date: November 8th - 10th.
Payment is Due by: October 25th
Please mail to:

Attention: Alan Hollman - ET School of Engineering and Technology
200 South "L" Street
Madera, CA 93637

A paypal option is available as well, please email for more info.
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Rule Changes:

We are not looking at any rule changes. The only thing we will most likely do is add in "Pink" or "Yellow" Frisbee to support cancer. We can't thank you guys enough. Last year we raised $2-3,000 dollars and supported a young child with brain cancer. We appreciate the generous support from the FRC community. The painted/decorated Frisbee will be worth an extra few points in the game.

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Volunteers:

We would like to thank Austin Schuh and Team 971 for helping us run the WPA booth last year and helping us unload the field. We extremely appreciate the help. Along with Andrew Nabors and Team 1671 for FTA'n the event and providing an enormous amount of volunteers not only for the ThrowDown but for the CVR Regional as well!

We would appreciate any volunteers for this event!
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Live Scoring:

I hope teams enjoyed the live scoring last year. We'll be doing an online rankings page that refreshes after every match along with Live scoring. I know teams had an issues being able to see the projector/live scores at times. We are looking into putting some form of a tablet at each driver station that has live time + scores (Looking at your Andrew!). Each Driver station alliance wall will have a power strip so your more than welcome to plug your PC there to charge during the match.

Please feel free to email me suggestions/concerns about the live scoring.
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To Register - Must fill out form to be able to compete:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1llb...XKUrA/viewform

Please share this email with any team you think that would be interested. Spots are first come, first serve. So far we have registered 15/32 robots (Team (# of Robots)):

1323(2)
973(3)
295(1)
2135(1)
3859(2)
3482(1)
256(1)
3309(1)
2073(1)
4543(1)


and one pre rookie! Registration just opened yesterday but it will fill up quickly.

Thanks!

-R.C.