Registration 2016

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by MrRoboSteve

New Iowa regional will take some pressure off of the Duluth regionals.

Maybe, maybe not. I expect a lot of teams, particularly from southern MN, to go for Iowa as their second regional. But I suspect that there are enough teams in MN who want to do a second regional who haven't in the past that all 4 Minnesota regionals and Iowa will reach capacity.

[MrRoboSteve]

Originally Posted by DareDad

Maybe, maybe not. I expect a lot of teams, particularly from southern MN, to go for Iowa as their second regional. But I suspect that there are enough teams in MN who want to do a second regional who haven't in the past that all 4 Minnesota regionals and Iowa will reach capacity.

Will be interesting to see how this pans out. What were there -- 20? MN teams that were at 2 regionals last year?

For S. MN teams, Cedar Falls looks like it could be a cheaper destination than Duluth. Looking at rack rates, the Radisson is 50% higher than the Clarion. Also lower transportation costs.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by MrRoboSteve

Will be interesting to see how this pans out. What were there -- 20? MN teams that were at 2 regionals last year?

For S. MN teams, Cedar Falls looks like it could be a cheaper destination than Duluth. Looking at rack rates, the Radisson is 50% higher than the Clarion. Also lower transportation costs.

37 MN teams attended 2 regionals last year, and one attended 3 - roughly 20% of MN teams attended multiple regional events. This number has been growing over the years, slowly though.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by DareDad

Maybe, maybe not. I expect a lot of teams, particularly from southern MN, to go for Iowa as their second regional. But I suspect that there are enough teams in MN who want to do a second regional who haven't in the past that all 4 Minnesota regionals and Iowa will reach capacity.

I just checked on this. The two Minneapolis regionals each seem to have 1 spot held back and the Duluth regionals each have about 15 spots available. So there's not enough space in Minnesota for the 37 Minnesota teams that did two regionals last year though there is plenty of space left in Iowa.

I wonder how many of the 200+ Minnesota teams will try for 2 regionals this year.

[Kingland093]

Originally Posted by DareDad

I just checked on this. The two Minneapolis regionals each seem to have 1 spot held back and the Duluth regionals each have about 15 spots available. So there's not enough space in Minnesota for the 37 Minnesota teams that did two regionals last year though there is plenty of space left in Iowa.

I wonder how many of the 200+ Minnesota teams will try for 2 regionals this year.

We're trying for 2 this year and have already got into North Star. Are the Duluth spots reserved for rookies or are they going to be available come registration?

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Iowa is going to fill up pretty quickly

[first3234]

3234 will be at east Kentwood district and we are currently waitlisted for gull lake

[Mark McLeod]

Team 6000 is the Shalhevet School in Los Angeles, CA

[D_Price]

Team 1708 will be attending the Pittsburgh Regional again this year along with one other one TBA! So excited for this years game.

[The_ShamWOW88]

Little random but I'm just going to say I'm impressed with the growth of teams internationally. Great to see it really become a worldwide program.

[Mark McLeod]

Here are the international scores.
19 countries heard from.

25---Australia
6----Brazil
186--Canada
2----Chile
31---China
1----Colombia
1----Czech Republic
2----Dominican Republic
1----Ecuador
1----Germany
40---Israel
39---Mexico
2----Netherlands
1----Poland
1----Singapore
1----Taiwan
10---Turkey
2----United Kingdom
2394-USA

[djdaugherty]

What happens to the wait lists when the 2nd registration opens Thursday? It's been a while since our team has attended more than one competition. The two sites we were considering have zero capacity now. Does that mean we should consider somewhere else, or will that capacity be increased for the 2nd round? If capacity is increased, do they pull from the existing wait list first?

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by djdaugherty

What happens to the wait lists when the 2nd registration opens Thursday? It's been a while since our team has attended more than one competition. The two sites we were considering have zero capacity now. Does that mean we should consider somewhere else, or will that capacity be increased for the 2nd round? If capacity is increased, do they pull from the existing wait list first?

The waitlist is not strictly "first come, first served". The RD's prioritize teams that are rookies or first plays ahead of teams looking for a second play. There may be other considerations as well (local teams vs non-local, bringing a lot of volunteers, etc). That said, there is only one waitlist per event - if you go on it Thursday, you'll be behind everyone else already on it.

Your best bet is to look at the historical size for those two events - how many teams are usually at them?. That will give you an idea of how many teams will be pulled off the waitlist later to bring it up to full. Some events are actually already full, with no room to expand!. After that, look at the new color coding for the waitlist for the two events. As explained in the FRC blog, the color coding can give you an idea of how big the wait list currently is, versus the number of spots that will be available.

[Lil' Lavery]

Also keep in mind the new color coding system for the waitlist.

[djdaugherty]

Thank you very much - that helps a lot!