Brunswick Eruption 13: 2014

[Kristian Calhoun]

Aloha teams!

An email blast was sent out last night to all registered team contacts. Included was the BE13 Team Information Packet, which contains all of the most up-to-date information about next weekend's event, including:

• The event schedule
• Robot drop-off instructions
• Aerial Assist rule changes
• Award descriptions
• Workshop details
• T-shirt sale information

and more.

Speaking of awards, the deadline for the Kumu (Mentor) Award has been extended to November 6th. We've already received some great nominations, but wanted to give teams a bit more time to submit without interfering with any Halloween festivities.

Finally, anyone who registered as a volunteer via our website should have received a confirmation email from our volunteer coordinator with information about their assigned position. Please reply to Nathalie to confirm your attendance and be sure to fill out the included volunteer lunch order form!

[NWChen]

Team 2601 is providing rookie team 5599 with some resources for Brunswick Eruption. They need bumpers that fit an AM14U long chassis, which we can provide (but they don't have the correct numbers, and we only have 1 of each color).

Can any team coming furnish 5599 with either the old bumper cover, or a set of bumpers entirely?

[Hallry]

Will there be a webcast again this year?

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Will there be a webcast again this year?

Of course! This year we're beta testing MAR's new HD video streaming setup.

Watch on our website: http://be.raiderrobotix.org/webcast/

or on the MAR YouTube Channel directly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0Eh2hdjD8

[KelliV]

Good luck teams! I'm excited to watch the webcast!

[Kristian Calhoun]

Alliance selections:

1. 222, 2590, 1075, 375
2. 1676, 271, 533, 224
3. 293, 4361, 102, 3142
4. 527, 369, 103, 4122
5. 25, 56, 1302, 3637
6. 4575, 1279, 1089, 2601
7. 303, 2607, 1626, 694
8. 4281, 75, 1923, 371

[Link07]

Alliance Selection:

1. 222 2590 1075 375
2. 1676 271 533 224
3. 293 4361 102 3142
4. 527 369 103 4122
5. 25 56 1302 3637
6. 4575 1279 1089 2601
7. 303 2607 1626 694
8. 4281 75 1923 371

Edit* Ninja'd

[ThunderousPrime]

4 things:

1. I have submitted the match scores to the Blue Alliance to be uploaded
2. Does anyone know what is the team number of the prerookie that was playing as team number 2602?
3. The mobile app thing is a very cool feature
4. Can't wait to watch the MAR CMP Webcast in HD!

[Mike Marandola]

Would someone care to share the elimination results?

[AGPapa]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

Would someone care to share the elimination results?

1. 222 2590 1075 375 W
2. 1676 271 533 224 QF
3. 293 4361 102 3142 F
4. 527 369 103 4122 QF
5. 25 56 1302 3637 SF
6. 4575 1279 1089 2601 QF
7. 303 2607 1626 694 SF
8. 4281 75 1923 371 QF

[NWChen]

Originally Posted by ThunderousPrime

Does anyone know what is the team number of the prerookie that was playing as team number 2602?

That's team 5599, The Sentinels.

[ThunderousPrime]

Originally Posted by NWChen

That's team 5599, The Sentinels.

Thanks.

[Kristian Calhoun]

It's a week later, but I wanted to check in and once again thank all of the volunteers that helped to make Brunswick Eruption 13 such a success.

The planning committee hopes the 40 teams in attendance all had a great time and enjoyed many of the changes we made this year. We wish to see everyone back at either next year's BE or the 2015 North Brunswick MAR district!

Here are the official results from the event:

Winners: 222, 2590, 1075, 375
Finalists: 293, 4361, 102, 3142
Future Glory Award: Team 5599, The Sentinels from Bayside, NY
Food Drive Champion: 806 w/ 704 items
Shoe Drive Champion: 806 w/ 247.55 lbs of shoes!
Evil Sundae Survivor: 1st place – Team 369, 2nd place – Team 4575

Hoku Award, sponsored by Timothy Maguire: 694

In their pursuit of the Hoku Award, one team made particularly strong ambassadors. Not only did they travel to China to assist with the China Robotics Challenge, but they even arranged to sponsor 4 Chinese teams on a return trip to New York City. These Stuyentific Americans impressed the judges with their plans for sustainability and outreach. The Hoku Award, sponsored by Timothy Maguire, goes to Team 694, Stuypulse.

Mahalo Award: 2601

One team with us here today has risen above their Graciously Professional colleagues to earn a hearty "Mahalo" from the judges on behalf of our competitors. This team provided not only robot parts, but actually an entire robot to a pre-rookie team they have taken under their steel wings. Join me in saying Mahalo and thank you to FRC Team 2601, the Steel Hawks.

Kumu (Mentor/Teacher) Award: Allan Bailey (Team 375)

This mentor had many rivers to cross,
And many miles to drive
To bring his team wisdom and supplies.
What other mentor would choose to move next to McMaster?
In honor of his dedication and commitment, the Kumu mentor award goes to Allan Bailey of Team 375, The Robotic Plauge.

Big Kahuna: Venkat Shan

The archived webcast, which was a beta-test of the new MAR HD streaming solution, can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/Xd0Eh2hdjD8

A gallery of photographs from the event has been posted on our Facebook page.

Originally Posted by ThunderousPrime

I have submitted the match scores to the Blue Alliance to be uploaded

Thanks! There were actually a few small anomalies in the recorded match data. I fixed these this past Monday, so now the rankings and match results posted online at the links below match the official FMS ones.

Rankings: http://be.raiderrobotix.org/2014/rankings.html
Match Results: http://be.raiderrobotix.org/2014/matchresults.html

[TikiTech]

Originally Posted by Kristian Calhoun

Aloha teams!

An email blast was sent out last night to all registered team contacts. Included was the BE13 Team Information Packet, which contains all of the most up-to-date information about next weekend's event, including:

• The event schedule
• Robot drop-off instructions
• Aerial Assist rule changes
• Award descriptions
• Workshop details
• T-shirt sale information

and more.

Speaking of awards, the deadline for the Kumu (Mentor) Award has been extended to November 6th. We've already received some great nominations, but wanted to give teams a bit more time to submit without interfering with any Halloween festivities.

Finally, anyone who registered as a volunteer via our website should have received a confirmation email from our volunteer coordinator with information about their assigned position. Please reply to Nathalie to confirm your attendance and be sure to fill out the included volunteer lunch order form!

Looks like a great event! Too bad it is 5000 miles away

I was wondering why so much Hawaiian? Awards and I noticed the Honu in your avatar logo.

You stay from here?

Aloha nui loa!