WIWI Wolcott Connecticut

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June 14th
Wolcott High School
Wolcott Connecticut

Where Is Wolcott Invitational

We plan on doing much of the same things, we have been doing, that makes us different from other competitions

Mentor Only Robot

Quest Announcer Every 4th match

Double Elimination Play Offs with a Winner's Bracket and a Loser's Bracket. (So the #8 alliance doesn't have to face off against #1 twice in a row)

Lunch Time Human player game (TBD)

And now introducing a new catagorie for awards
BEST Chairman's Video - Did you make a video for the chairman's award that you wished others saw? Bring it to WIWI and we will judge the videos and show the best one(s)

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Registration will open Monday April 14th. Information on how to register will be made available prior to the registration date.

Registration is $250

[who716]

Looking forward to this great event. I believe it will be my last event as a student

[Rick Vogl]

The mentor team FRC666 is always up for the challenge. If any of the teams attending would like to use their practice robot as the mentor bot let me know.

[Niezrecki]

Originally Posted by Rick Vogl

The mentor team FRC666 is always up for the challenge. If any of the teams attending would like to use their practice robot as the mentor bot let me know.

Hello! The ÜberBots plan to attend WIWI, but we are not familiar with the mentor robot. What exactly is it? What does using our practice bot as a mentor bot entail?

Thanks!

[Rick Vogl]

The mentor bot is scheduled like any other robot as one of the alliance partners in the qualification matches. Team mentors sign up as the drive team on a first come - first served basis for each match. The drive team will get a quick five minute training session on how to operate the robot before the match begins. It can be quite comical at times. Driving and operating these robots while trying to play the game is hard!

We are not allowed to compete in the eliminations but usually on of the teams does try to pick us. I'm proud to say that there have been years where we were not the bottom seed in the qualification rounds.

We usually have a student or two on the team to help out with instructions or repairs. We even have a mascot.

[BarbandJim]

Instead of having all the mentors on one team with one robot, how about the mentors drive their own team's robots and compete at the end after the final matches?

I love the idea of mentors driving. I think it would be fun and exciting for both the students and mentors but I would rather drive my own team's robot since I know it well.

Just my thoughts!

~Barb
Mentor
UberBots #1124

[Samwaldo]

As a student who has gone 3 years now (and will be going again), half the fun of team 666, is watching the mentors struggle. In 2012, one of ours played human player. He attempted to throw the ball through the field slot, but instead it deflected and hit him in the face. The TorMentors, Team 666, is something that is great at an offseason event

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Yes we defintely wanted to do something different than mentor matches. I think team Tormentor is unique and fun. It allows mentors to go against or with their own team. It also keeps wear and tear off of the team's robots (and puts it on the tormentor bot). It also lets Mentors work with other mentors from other teams.

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Sorry for the delay here. Registration is open at

http://www.max1071.com/

just click on the WIWI button and email me the form at

rcormier@wolcottps.org

[Trey178]

If you are still looking, how can I volunteer for this event?

[who716]

Are there any updates for this event? Team list? Schedule?

[Riverdance]

Originally Posted by who716

Are there any updates for this event? Team list? Schedule?

Yeah if we could get a teams list over here for pre-scouting that would be pretty much the most fantastic thing to happen to me this week.

[dag0620]

EDIT: Okay so I didn't post the most up to date list. I'm working on getting it right now and will post it soon.

[dsmoker]

Originally Posted by dag0620

Alright here is the team list, as of the latest one I've received. As the VC for the event, the team list isn't exactly my area, but I thought I would pass along what I know.

195 CyberKnights
716 Who’sCTEKs
230 Gaelhawks
1796 RoboTigers
155 Techno-Nuts / Berlin FIRST
571 Team Paragon
3525 The Nuts & Bolts of Fury
1071 Team MAX
228 GUS Robotics
3461 Operation PEACCE
5129 Digital Devils
2168 Aluminum Falcons
176 Aces High
2836 Team Beta
2067 Apple Pi
237 Black Magic
2064 Panther Project
178 2nd Law Enforcers
1099 Disco Techs
4055 NRG
1124 Uberbots

Not sure why we are missing from this list. I have gotten email confirmation, and we are attending. We were even going to bring a spare robot for a pre-rookie team, but were told this week that's not needed any more.