Registration 2016

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

We've had one local team that I've heard from with a new Alternate contact that did YPP at the last minute and couldn't register yesterday because of the ~3 day wait.

The same YPP requirements held last year didn't they?
Since YPP is good for 3 years I would think last year would have seen more of an impact since everyone had to get it done.
This year it's only changes in Main/Alternate that could be held up by YPP.
Of course there was more of a publicized YPP push last year, so more teams may have been caught flatfooted this year.

I wonder if any teams in the new districts are delayed in being assigned to events? I know Michigan has caused odd bumps in prior years when they held assignments, then released them all at once.

As far as I have seen, CHS teams are being assigned immediately.

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

As far as I have seen, CHS teams are being assigned immediately.

We are?

[logank013]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

We're actually under last year's registration rate.
Attached is a comparison of the first 12 hours over the past five seasons.
The second line down is this year.

Where do you even find that information? Haha

[sciencenuetzel]

Originally Posted by logank013

Where do you even find Thai satay? Haha

Logan. Please spell check. And think before you post.

[sciencenuetzel]

Or check out http://www.thaisatay.net/

Thai Satay San Mateo
173 East Fourth Ave.
San Mateo, CA 94401

8 years in a row. Best Thai Restaurant in San Mateo County.

[Knufire]

Originally Posted by logank013

Where do you even find Thai satay? Haha

[offtopic]
Chicken Satay is a common appetizer at Thai restaurants, consisting of a few pieces of grilled chicken served on a skewer with a peanut sauce. There are some pretty decent Thai restaurants up near Keystone.

Jasmine Thai Restaurant
River Ridge Crossing, 4825 E 96th St, Indianapolis, IN 46240
[/offtopic]

On the topic of registration, I was quite surprised that so many Indiana teams registered for the Tippecanoe Distrct when the other two seem to be closer to the population center of teams.

[JVN]

Mark,
I love your thread, the data, and analysis you provide every year.

I won't lie -- I'm having trouble following along sometimes with all the side conversations happening.

I think you have moderator powers. Perhaps you should split off many of these other posts into "Registration 2016 Discussion" and leave this thread for your useful commentary?

Please keep doing what you're doing. Thanks!
-John

[SoftwareBug2.0]

Originally Posted by Christopher149

I know that in Michigan because you are guaranteed a spot at your home event (at least for sure this year) that a lot of teams are signing up very slowly (hopefully they'll have it done in a week or two).

This is the same for the Michigan teams as it was last year though, right? I think part of the slower signups may be due to the PNW district introducing home events for the first time. Last year the PNW had multiple events filled by now.

[logank013]

Originally Posted by sciencenuetzel

Logan. Please spell check. And think before you post.

Check my spelling again. Lol. When I saw what I wrote, I was confused.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Knufire

On the topic of registration, I was quite surprised that so many Indiana teams registers for the Tippecanoe Distrct when the other two seem to be closer to the population center of teams.

The other two Indiana events are approximately the same location. My main reason for suggesting the Tippecanoe event for our team was that we didn't really want to attend both Indianapolis competitions, and it really isn't that big a deal which one of them we end up going to.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Knufire

On the topic of registration, I was quite surprised that so many Indiana teams registered for the Tippecanoe Distrct when the other two seem to be closer to the population center of teams.

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

The other two Indiana events are approximately the same location. My main reason for suggesting the Tippecanoe event for our team was that we didn't really want to attend both Indianapolis competitions, and it really isn't that big a deal which one of them we end up going to.

Another reason I've heard floating around is that teams are not looking to do back-to-back districts if it can be avoided. So lots of teams are hoping for a week2 & week4 season. Since the northern part of the state is more heavily populated with teams than the southern part, it makes sense that they'll go for the Tippy event. And, as Alan said, the other two are pretty much interchangeable.
Also since Purdue has been so good to us over the years, and Tippy is sort of the BMR replacement, with the possibility of campus tours and the sights and sounds (and smells) of West Lafayette being so appealing.

[lynca]

Originally Posted by JVN

Perhaps you should split off many of these other posts into "Registration 2016 Discussion" and leave this thread for your useful commentary?

I second John's vote for a secondary thread. One thread for numbers and another for Registration 2016 discussion.

[M. Mellott]

Originally Posted by M. Mellott

12:02 - Added to waitlist at Greater Pittsburgh Regional

Really? Two minutes?

Originally Posted by KosmicKhaos

I mean, there were only 24 spots available... seems smaller this year

For those interested in signing up for the Greater Pittsburgh Regional and are concerned with going on the waitlist, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I have it from a reliable source over the weekend that the Regional reserved many more than the typical 10 slots for rookies...it may be closer to 20 or 25 slots. I believe they were concerned that they wouldn't have enough in reserve since it had filled up so fast the last several years--I think they may have had issues last year.

[JesseK]

NOVA teams are hungry! 29 spots filled, 5 available, the rest open for rookies. Man, we'll have to see if we can squeeze in some more teams at the school somewhere...

Should make for a fun Saturday night too.

[Lil' Lavery]

1712 was also exploring the possibility of doing an early (preferably week 1) out of district play, but the options are pretty slim and mostly already filled. Indiana teams may have more options with FiM districts just across the border and being a more realistic option. MAR teams pretty much have to hope they can sneak into one of the 16 remaining Waterfords spots in week 1, or else there really isn't much available. We were really hoping to get into NOVA, but knew it wasn't likely.