2014 MAR Season

[mdituri]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

We are thinking about NY City, but realize that our chances are slim.

You and I will be battling to click the fastest *if* there are spots open...
I sincerely doubt there will be. The clicking gods helped us last year.

3314 wants to go somewhere...I guess we will decide after 2nd registration happens and we see what is left over...if anywhere is even possible.

[DonRotolo]

OK, maybe we'll try to get into Clifton instead
I heard there's something going on there, led by some crazy lady....

[Jscout11]

District 2 sign ups are coming in just a little more than a day. Excited to find out who is going where this year.

[scottandme]

As of now:

93 returning veteran teams (16 teams MIA from 2013)
2 new rookie teams (counting the 223 spinoff)

Hatboro 25
Mount Olive 28
Springside Chestnut Hill 11
Clifton 5
Lenape 12
Bridgewater 14

Looks like Hatboro and Mount Olive are a good bet to hit initial capacity on Thursday. Caps are low compared to historical capacity, I would expect those numbers to budge up by 3-6 teams. Quite a few teams still missing at this point in the game, not sure how it compares to last year.

[Jscout11]

Team 5080 (Another team from DE) is now signed up for Bridgewater, bringing the total rookies up to 3 (counting 265). Also, team 3637 signed up for MO earlier today

[Carol]

Originally Posted by Jscout11

Team 5080 (Another team from DE) is now signed up for Bridgewater, bringing the total rookies up to 3 (counting 265). Also, team 3637 signed up for MO earlier today

Team 5080, the Robotic Alchemy Manipulators, are based in Dickinson High School in Wilmington. They have participated in FTC in the past and are expanding to include FRC this year. MOE is very excited to be working with them!

[ENeyman]

3929 is excited to be returning to Chestnut Hill and equally excited to go to Lenape for the first time (why did Mt. Olive have to be week 1 ?).

[Jscout11]

Originally Posted by ENeyman

3929 is excited to be returning to Chestnut Hill and equally excited to go to Lenape for the first time (why did Mt. Olive have to be week 1 ?).

On the bright side, we're excited to play with you guys at Chestnut Hill

[scottandme]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...VE&usp=sharing

Registration is going to be trickier to track from here on out - 5 out of the 6 district events have now hit their initial capacity limits. We currently have 103 registered teams (98/109 returning from '13, 5 rookies). 9 teams have yet to register for their 2nd district, and 11 teams are currently "missing" from the '13 season.

HH 35/35
MO 35/35
SCH 31/31
CLI 23/35
LEN 36/35
BR 37/37

Depending on additional rookies (we had 12 total in '13), we should see district event sizes closer to '12 numbers (~40/event). I wouldn't expect many 3rd district slots to be available. My guess would be that 5 slots are being held back from each event, giving SCH and 36 team cap, BR a 42 team cap, and the rest 40.

[scottandme]

Registration has been sitting flat for the last week or so. Looks like 6 rookies are sitting in the system waiting to be assigned numbers/register, so we might have a few more yet. We're at 108 teams currently, which is down from the 109 we had play last year. 2 teams are only listed for 1 district event, likely by choice as the waitlist cleared recently.

HH 38
MO 38
SCH 32
CLI 27
LEN 40
BR 39

Clifton looks like the only possibility for 3rd event registration, hopefully that fills to a more reasonable number to keep some competitive balance. Might be tough fitting new rookies into their preferred event locations without some teams shifting into SCH/CLI events.

We're missing 8 teams who played in 2013:

1367 Newark, NJ USA
1617 Newark, NJ USA
1881 Paterson, NJ USA
2229 Plymouth Meeting, PA USA
3123 Pottstown, PA USA
4128 Holmdel, NJ USA
4373 Jenkintown, PA USA
4573 South River, NJ USA

Expect the cutoff for MAR CMP to be higher this year (somewhere in the mid to high 50's), the new points system should be about a 10% bump (more points for awards, rookie bonus, and elimination points).

[scottandme]

Registration closed today:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...VE&usp=sharing

111 Registered Teams (70 NJ, 37 PA, 4 DE) (up 2 from 2013)
6 True Rookie Teams
1 Rookie "JV" Team (265)
1 Returning Team (1790 - looks like 1881)
6 "Lost" Teams (1367, 1881, 3123, 2229, 4128, 1617)

All teams except for 1790 are doing 2 district events. 4 teams going to outside regionals (drop from 12 in 2012).

Hatboro - 39
Mount Olive - 38
Springside - 34
Clifton - 29
Lenape - 40
Bridgewater - 41

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by scottandme

Registration closed today:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...VE&usp=sharing

111 Registered Teams (70 NJ, 37 PA, 4 DE) (up 2 from 2013)
6 True Rookie Teams
1 Rookie "JV" Team (265)
1 Returning Team (1790 - looks like 1881)
6 "Lost" Teams (1367, 1881, 3123, 2229, 4128, 1617)

All teams except for 1790 are doing 2 district events. 4 teams going to outside regionals (drop from 12 in 2012).

Hatboro - 39
Mount Olive - 38
Springside - 34
Clifton - 29
Lenape - 40
Bridgewater - 41

To expand on 1790-their team name is literally, "Team 1881". And how exactly are they being identified as a returning team, as opposed to "new" team? Their FIRST info page has no history or information.

Also hopefully some teams will get a 3rd district at Clifton, or maybe some more rookies (I've heard of one possible rookie that's within ~1 hour of Clifton)