Registration 2016

[Andy Baker]

In my limited time to read ChiefDelphi these days, this is the thread I am most interested in reading. Many thanks to Mark McLeod and all who post good information here.

Originally Posted by Aren Siekmeier

No problem. Should be updating every minute starting now.

Aren, are you the person who made the code for this page: http://173.255.246.196/2016/?

I agree with Andrew, this is excellent! Thank you for coordinating this. I do have one request: please add another column of event dates next to each event.

Sincerely,
Andy Baker

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

Aren, are you the person who made the code for this page: http://173.255.246.196/2016/?

I agree with Andrew, this is excellent! Thank you for coordinating this. I do have one request: please add another column of event dates next to each event.

If we're making requests, I'd love it if the event name included a link to the list of registered teams, provided that it's simple for you to do.

Let me second Andy's thoughts; this page is a great resource. Thanks for putting it together.

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I agree with Andrew, this is excellent! Thank you for coordinating this. I do have one request: please add another column of event dates next to each event.

Originally Posted by Karthik

If we're making requests, I'd love it if the event name included a link to the list of registered teams, provided that it's simple for you to do.

Let me second Andy's thoughts; this page is a great resource. Thanks for putting it together.

Done and done.

Thanks for the remarks!

[Mark McLeod]

2800 Teams around noon today.
Closing in on last year's total of 2892.

[Doug G]

All 7 CA events are "full".

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

FYI: I didn't see it posted anywhere here, but it's officially listed on my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso, Gull Lake has switched weekends from Week 2 to Week 3.

[tr6scott]

Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man

FYI: I didn't see it posted anywhere here, but it's officially listed on my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso, Gull Lake has switched weekends from Week 2 to Week 3.

I saw that, but wonder if Gull Lake is just being cancelled, as it also show zero teams registered, and zero capacity.
(Edit based on team count they still need 19 districts of 40 teams)

[burde1jb]

Howdy! To clarify any confusion, the Gull Lake event is only changing venue. The event will be during Week 2 over March 10th, 11th and 12th.

The event is now identified as the Lakeview Event. The new venue is Lakeview High School, which is only about 15 miles down the road in Battle Creek. As co-host of this event, I am excited to invite all of you to a fantastic venue. We (4327) are co-hosting with the Gull Lake team (4381) who did a great job hosting these past several years.

TL;DR Gull Lake event now Lakeview event in Battle Creek. Still Week 2. Carry on.

[Mark McLeod]

We have passed the total number of teams that played last season (2892) at around 3:30pm today.

[sciencenuetzel]

So I see that most district events get initially capped at 30 and they save space for rookies and then it becomes a wait list.

My question is how many teams do they allow total? Is it different based on the venue?

[Mark McLeod]

Typically, District events shoot for 40 teams.
It's a number that evenly divides by 12 matches per team and generally fits into the smaller venues used.
40 teams * 12 matches per team /6 teams playing per match = 80 match event
80 Qual matches ~= 9.5 hours of play.

Some venues might be smaller, because they may not have enough space for spectators or pits.

Events can always add that extra rookie or veteran to accommodate special circumstances.
You can see last year's district event totals here.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Typically, District events shoot for 40 teams.
It's a number that evenly divides by 12 matches per team and generally fits into the smaller venues used.
40 teams * 12 matches per team /6 teams playing per match = 80 match event
80 Qual matches ~= 9.5 hours of play.

Some venues might be smaller, because they may not have enough space for spectators or pits.

Events can always add that extra rookie or veteran to accommodate special circumstances.
You can see last year's district event totals here.

The list of teams in Michigan indicates there are 396 teams with a permanent number (which I think means that many are signed up for an event) and 25 with a temporary number. So, where is event #20 going to be?

396 teams * 2 plays / (40 teams/event) = 19.8 events.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Typically, District events shoot for 40 teams.
It's a number that evenly divides by 12 matches per team and generally fits into the smaller venues used.
40 teams * 12 matches per team /6 teams playing per match = 80 match event
80 Qual matches ~= 9.5 hours of play.

The math is even easier than that.

12 matches per team / 6 teams per match = 2

So the number of matches is twice the number of teams, no matter how many teams there are. And never any surrogates.

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by sciencenuetzel

So I see that most district events get initially capped at 30 and they save space for rookies and then it becomes a wait list.

My question is how many teams do they allow total? Is it different based on the venue?

It all depends on the district and sometimes the event. For example this year the PNW events are 36 teams while last season is was 32 teams. Other areas have 40 team events. This year the PNW only reserved 4 spots but other areas reserved up to 10 spots.

Note this season there will only be 9 PNW events while last year there were 10. Many of the venues were selected on the basis of being able to accommodate 40 teams.