RPI regional

[Mr. B.]

The Tech Valley Regional is on our short list for our travel regional for the 2014! Looks like it will be a blast!

[Koko Ed]

I talked to Rob Helsin who is a member of RIT FIRST. FLR will definitely be week five. I would bet good money Tech Valley will be any other week than that. They would probably not want to go head to head with FLR since they would like to have some of those teams come to their event as well and they don't want teams choosing between the established event and the rookie event.

[esquared]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I talked to Rob Helsin who is a member of RIT FIRST. FLR will definitely be week five. I would bet good money Tech Valley will be any other week than that. They would probably not want to go head to head with FLR since they would like to have some of those teams come to their event as well and they don't want teams choosing between the established event and the rookie event.

Or for volunteers who would love to work at both this year...

[Link07]

Week 3 would be ideal for the MAR teams that want to attend the regional (at least the ones from NJ) as there is state wide testing week 2.

[Patrick Flynn]

More likely than not the date will be determined by RPI's break. As long as this doesn't force the regional to intersect with FLR or NYC these is what they will use to schedule the regional. RPI's break is March 10-14

[jblay]

So glad this is going to be an event next year. Definitely going to be on 694's short 2 or 3 event list to attend now that CT is no longer an event. With the talent pool this is likely to attract in terms of teams and volunteers, it's already #1 choice in my personal book.

[Kevin Leonard]

Well isn't this an interesting team list so far. I expected the local teams and 229- but Ohio and TURKEY?!?!?
I thought I'd revive this thread since registration started.
Who else is planning on coming to Tech Valley?

[Petzer]

Originally Posted by Thunder910

Who else is planning on coming to Tech Valley?

Team 810 is contemplating the idea of going. Last time we went on a road trip was 2006 to the Florida regional... Apparently the robot's electrical system was compromised en route and didn't perform well because of that.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Thunder910

Who else is planning on coming to Tech Valley?

As Mr. B stated, 11 is hoping there are spots left for any of the events on our short list by the time us district teams are able to register for a regional event. Due to the new rules, we have to wait until open registration to do so...

[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by JackS

We have been told by RPI there will be no home hockey game that weekend. I think ECAV's only real limitation is seating. Show Ready said the regional can hold 1,500 with extra bleachers.

I hadn't checked this thread in a while but it looks like there is potential for playoff hockey overlapping with the Regional. The ECAC Hockey site lists the Regional weekend, 14th-16th as the second round of the playoffs which would be at home if RPI is the higher seeded team.

http://www.ecachockey.com/men/tourna...4_Championship

[KrazyCarl92]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

I hadn't checked this thread in a while but it looks like there is potential for playoff hockey overlapping with the Regional. The ECAC Hockey site lists the Regional weekend, 14th-16th as the second round of the playoffs which would be at home if RPI is the higher seeded team.

http://www.ecachockey.com/men/tourna...4_Championship

This possibility has been talked about in planning meetings. The conflict here is mostly parking spaces. We may need to work something out on Friday and Saturday such that certain areas of parking are cleared out by 6 PM. There is still plenty of parking in and around the venue and it shouldn't be anything beyond a minor inconvenience.

[KrazyCarl92]

Reminder to teams about the New York Tech Valley Regional. This is a week 3 event that will be held on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in Troy, NY. We already have an exciting list of teams attending, but there is still room for more.

With second event registration just around the corner, consider joining us for the inaugural event. It promises to be a great one.

For more information, visit our website: http://techvalleyfirst.org/

[Herbblood]

Team 3044 is excited to be going!
We can't wait

[RocketDean]

The VEX Tournament was Great! I believe 14 robots came.
First Place went to the blue alliance
~Shenendahowa's Team 20 and Avril Park~
GO ROCKETEERS!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by RocketDean

The RPI Regional was Great! I believe 14 robots came.
First Place went to the blue alliance
~Shenendahowa's Team 20 and Avril Park~
GO ROCKETEERS!

wait..what?