2016 Minnesota Robotics Invitational

[jajabinx124]

Looks like this year's MRI will be on October 15th.

36 teams are attending this year:

1816
2052
2129
2169
2175
2177
2472
2491
2498
2500
2502
2531
2574
2606
2823
2846
2847
2855
2957
2987
3042
3081
3082
3130
3184
3244
3407
3883
3926
4215
4511
4536
4607
4624
4778
4859

Rule changes:

-Four teams will be on each alliance in the playoffs.
-Alliance selection is 1-4, 1-4, 4-1.
-Alliance captains cannot choose among themselves. i.e. Number 1 Alliance captain cannot choose Number 2 alliance captain to join the Number 1 Alliance.
-No extra backup teams are needed, since each alliance has its own backup. -There is no requirement to play the backup team.
-NO TIME OUTS! Since teams have a back-up, there are no time-outs in the finals.
-Lower seeded alliance must declare robots first.
-+5 pound weight allowance. All other first robot rules apply. Honor system.
-For the purposes of training student drive team coaches, an experienced drive team coach will be allowed in the arena with a team’s drive team during a match.
-Additional gameplay rule changes will be announced closer to the competition.

Can't wait for the event- I'll be there as a volunteer. I'm currently experiencing symptoms of FIRST withdrawal here and there in college. I doubt an off-season event will cure it, but it'll probably help.

[Chief Hedgehog]

Looks like a great bunch of teams - this will be a fun tournament!

[hutchMN]

Looks like a great event with some of the top teams from MN attending. I might create a prescouting spreadsheet this weekend if I have enough time.

[Jardanium]

I visited last year as a spectator, and am super excited to actually be competing this year! Looks like a great list of teams, can't wait for it!

[hutchMN]

Here is a quick prescouting spreadsheet I just made. I will slowly be adding data to it leading up to the event. I will be getting all of my data from the last official event a team attended. I hope some teams find this useful.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

[jajabinx124]

PM me if anyone is interested in trading for a medium golden KnightKrawler shirt (I have 3 duplicates, so I can do 3 trades) at MRI.

I'm willing to trade for any other medium shirt from any team, but would prefer shirts from: 2169, 2175, 2502, 3042, 3130, 3184, 4536, and 4607.

[Brian Maher]

I have a question about MRI and the state championship: why play with only four alliances, despite having more than enough teams for 8 four-team alliances?

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by Brian Maher

I have a question about MRI and the state championship: why play with only four alliances, despite having more than enough teams for 8 four-team alliances?

I don't know why MRI does this, but the state championship only has 30 teams, which would not be large enough for 8 4-team alliances.

[nickbrickmaster]

Originally Posted by jajabinx124

PM me if anyone is interested in trading for a medium golden KnightKrawler shirt (I have 3 duplicates, so I can do 3 trades) at MRI.

I'm willing to trade for any other medium shirt from any team, but would prefer shirts from: 2169, 2175, 2502, 3042, 3130, 3184, 4536, and 4607.

I would love a 2052 shirt! I have a medium old-style 3184 shirt to trade.

[Caleb Sykes]

I think I'm going to start getting into the t-shirt trading game also, I have large 4536 shirts. My preferred list is basically the same as Kshitij's. PM me if you are interested.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Brian Maher

I have a question about MRI and the state championship: why play with only four alliances, despite having more than enough teams for 8 four-team alliances?

8 alliances is 24 teams + backups, or 32 if you do 4 team alliances. Should everyone present make it into the playoffs? Plus, the more teams you have in the playoffs, the longer they take. A 4-team playoff takes, 6-9 matches. Make it an 8-team playoff, and you add another 8-12 possible matches, more than doubling the length of time for the playoffs. Doing that means you can fit in fewer qualification matches - and I think most people would agree, they want more qualification matches where they can get them, especially at off-season events!

[Chief Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by jajabinx124

PM me if anyone is interested in trading for a medium golden KnightKrawler shirt (I have 3 duplicates, so I can do 3 trades) at MRI.

I'm willing to trade for any other medium shirt from any team, but would prefer shirts from: 2169, 2175, 2502, 3042, 3130, 3184, 4536, and 4607.

Got you covered - I will bring a few of our shirts so you can choose which one you want! ~I may even have a couple 'orange' ones left~

[RoboRaiders4054]

How is it decided who attends this?

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by RoboRaiders4054

How is it decided who attends this?

It is an open registration. The "invitational" in the name doesn't mean anything.

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by nickbrickmaster

I would love a 2052 shirt! I have a medium old-style 3184 shirt to trade.

Sweet, I'm down to trade for a 3184 medium shirt.

Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog

Got you covered - I will bring a few of our shirts so you can choose which one you want! ~I may even have a couple 'orange' ones left~

Thanks Chief Hedgehog! I appreciate it.