FRC Blog - Get Ready to Make FIRST Choices

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Donut

Past history says those are not betting odds...

I know

[sanddrag]

For reference, attached is a list of last year's (2015 competition season) offerings. Thanks to whoever originally compiled this last year.

[DaveL]

In some cases the part does not have a minimum quantity. From last year does that mean we can order as many as we want, only 1 or is it a typo?

Dave

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by DaveL

In some cases the part does not have a minimum quantity. From last year does that mean we can order as many as we want, only 1 or is it a typo?

Dave

Should be as many as you want, can afford, and are still in stock.

[DaveL]

Originally Posted by Christopher149

Should be as many as you want, can afford, and are still in stock.

Thanks!

I noticed 2 motor-transmission combinations with a 775 motor.

I'm wondering if they were included by mistake.
(see the details on PG71 gear-motor)

Dave

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by DaveL

Thanks!

I noticed 2 motor-transmission combinations with a 775 motor.

I'm wondering if they were included by mistake.
(see the details on PG71 gear-motor)

Dave

If you are referring to the fact that it has a RS-775 motor on it, then no it was not a mistake. It was only the banebot motors that were disallowed for the 2016 season. Andymark sells their own RS-775 which is perfectly legal.

[mastachyra]

It says for round two more credits will be issued. I wonder how many and will there be a new stock of parts to choose from? If we get another 600 credits that's gonna blow my mind. The second round will be interesting because we'll have an idea of what our robots will need.

While I like trying to predict what items will sell out first, It'd be really cool if we could do a live draft. I know its a ridiculous thought considering there's 3000 teams, but I think it would be so much fun.

[EmileH]

For those interested, our team has created a Google Sheet allowing teams to organize what their students want for parts.

To get started with the sheet:

1. Be sure you are logged in with a Google Account
2. On the sheet (accessible here), click File>Make a copy. Your new copy of the sheet will save to your main Google Drive folder.
3. By default, we have set the sheet to not allow editing in the grayed columns by protecting them from edits (by default the main owner can edit those columns). In order to allow others to edit these columns (although it is not needed for normal use) select Data>Protected sheets and ranges and add or remove collaborators.
4. Share the sheet with your team members via the blue "Share" button - make sure to give them edit permissions. They should receive an email containing a link to the sheet.
5. Once requesters have opened the sheet, simply have them type their name, part number, quantity, and item priority for each part they want to order.
6. You (the sheet owner) can set whether or not you receive notifications when the sheet is changed. To do this, go to Tools>Notifcation rules.

Hope this helps. For any questions feel free to PM me. Kudos to Mark McLeod for the Inventory sheet.

[thatnameistaken]

Originally Posted by mastachyra

It says for round two more credits will be issued. I wonder how many and will there be a new stock of parts to choose from? If we get another 600 credits that's gonna blow my mind. The second round will be interesting because we'll have an idea of what our robots will need.

While I like trying to predict what items will sell out first, It'd be really cool if we could do a live draft. I know its a ridiculous thought considering there's 3000 teams, but I think it would be so much fun.

For reference, we received an additional 300 credits for round 2 last year. No guarantee it'll be the same this year, but it seems to be a fairly safe bet.

In regards to item stock, while I don't recall any items from round 1 being restocked, there will be additional items to purchase. Game pieces went up during round 2 last year (and are usually available on FIRST Choice after kickoff, even before the draft system), and it was confirmed earlier in this thread that the SPARK motor controllers will be available then as well.

[xtine]

Originally Posted by xtine

Are any other teams having trouble finishing Step 3, "Select Shipping and Payment Method" after you log in?

I click the button to complete that task, and get a page that says, "We're sorry, an internal error occurred."

Originally Posted by Jim Wilks

Same here.

To follow up, when I emailed AndyMark they fixed this right away and we now have access. Thanks, AndyMark!