[NE FIRST] 2014 New England Championship!

[Kims Robot]

Right now it looks like 1099 should make it in (though do not take my word as official!), and also team 663 has informed us that they have dropped out, so I believe that means there is one more slot beyond 1099 to make the 54.

[Samwaldo]

You could say were officially in panic mode. We have everything planned out, but still no invite. It seems like were next and we were even told we were. The hotel is getting impatient with us so we wish we knew today. We were told we will get a call from FIRST tomorrow by 9am. We plan on accepting AND HAVE EVEN UPGRADED THE ROBOT so cross your fingers we get the invite we are hoping for. Thats the only challenge left, and the biggest.

[Bill_B]

This season's theme song for the disco techs should be the BeeGees Stayin' Alive! I hope your robot upgrade did not involve opening the bag since this is a 3-day event and the open bag rules don't apply.

Ah - ha - hah - hah - hah - Stayin' ALIVE! Best of Luck.

[Samwaldo]

Of course we didnt open the bag. (It sucks looking at it though). We have everything though for when we can in boston. New wheels, program, hot goal detection camera, etc.

[elfenari]

It's sooo stressful! I brought my suitcase to school today, and I still don't know if we're going!

Edit: It's official, we made it! Good luck to all the teams, looking forward to see you all there.

[dustinjeremy2k]

Can anyone confirm that 663 dropped? Right now 1153 is 'rumored' to be in the 55 slot and we have to inform teachers/administrators and parents by 2:00 this afternoon! Tick, tick, tick....

[mwtidd]

I think this thread should probably move to the Rumor Mill [kidding].

I hope NEFIRST finds a better way of handling the invitations in the future. I'm not a huge fan of team's not knowing their fate the day of load in.

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by lineskier

I think this thread should probably move to the Rumor Mill [kidding].

I hope NEFIRST finds a better way of handling the invitations in the future. I'm not a huge fan of team's not knowing their fate the day of load in.

This is unfortunately something that isn't directly NEFIRST's fault. Last year in MAR, we even had a team dropping out the day of, leading to one less team. With a week 6 event, stuff like this will always happen.

The only thing I'd like to see is extending invitations to mathematical locks (like PNW did)

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Originally Posted by dustinjeremy2k

Can anyone confirm that 663 dropped? Right now 1153 is 'rumored' to be in the 55 slot and we have to inform teachers/administrators and parents by 2:00 this afternoon! Tick, tick, tick....

I believe 348, Norwell Robotics, is next up, followed by 1153, 3499, and 213. However, they could have been invited and declined, I have no idea.

[dag0620]

Originally Posted by lineskier

I think this thread should probably move to the Rumor Mill [kidding].

I hope NEFIRST finds a better way of handling the invitations in the future. I'm not a huge fan of team's not knowing their fate the day of load in.

This is actually an HQ issue, as they are the ones that send out the formal invitations. So while this stinks for us, PNW and Michigan (and to somewhat of an extent MAR) are all going through the same thing right now.

With that said, this needs to be improved moving forward. The turnaround times for both DCMP and District Teams going to CMP are way to small.

[Roger]

Originally Posted by lineskier

I hope NEFIRST finds a better way of handling the invitations in the future.

Well, they do have about another five hours of immediate future to still get thru, when the doors open at the Agganis...

Next year, perhaps a "live" website with the team list showing the status?

[Samwaldo]

Team 1099 is in, and accepted. Cant wait to compete and be back in Boston

[MikeE]

Originally Posted by Roger

Well, they do have about another five hours of immediate future to still get thru, when the doors open at the Agganis...

Next year, perhaps a "live" website with the team list showing the status?

Perhaps like the FRC Leaderboard website http://www.district.firstwa.org/ (also see this CD thread)

Not only does FRC Leaderboard show live(ish) status but it's also an awesome educational tool for teams to understand how the district point system works.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Samwaldo

Team 1099 is in, and accepted. Cant wait to compete and be back in Boston

Glad to see you guys get in after not knowing for so long!

[TD78]

Originally Posted by MikeE

Perhaps like the FRC Leaderboard website http://www.district.firstwa.org/ (also see this CD thread)

Not only does FRC Leaderboard show live(ish) status but it's also an awesome educational tool for teams to understand how the district point system works.

The PNW leaderboard is just plain awesome. And according to the website, other districts could be added to it. I love being able to click on any team and see exactly how they earned points at their two events.