Minne Mini-Regional 2016

[snoman]

Discussion thread:

Thank you to team 2169 for hosting this event. Although this is our first time attending we are very excited to take part. The event will take place at the Prior Lake High School,7575 - 150th St. West, Savage, MN. on November 19th. 36 teams will be competing.

[Chief Hedgehog]

The teams registered for 2016 MMR:

876 Thunder Robotics
1816 The Green Machine
2052 KnightKrawler
2129 Ultraviolet
2169 KING TeC
2175 Fighting Calculators
2264 Wayzata Robotics
2491 NoMythic
2498 Bearbotics
2509 Tigerbots
2512 Duluth East Daredevils
2531 RoboHawks
2574 RoboHuskie
2667 Knights of The Valley
2823 Automatons
2846 FireBears
2847 The Megahertz
3042 Cobalt Catalysts
3102 Tech-No-Tigers
3184 Blaze Robotics
3275 Regulators
3313 Mechatronics
3633 Catalyst
3848 Bots in Shining Armour
3883 Data Bits
4198 RoboCats
4215 Tritons
4506 PioNerds
4536 MinuteBots
4607 C.I.S.
4648 Techno Tech
4665 Predators
4859 Cybears
5299 Winger Tech
5541 Shakopee Robotics
9999 The Stingers (Rookie team from Big Lake)

[snoman]

The breakdown based on last year's accomplishments
876 regional winner cure finalist
1816 regional semi state qualifier
2052 chairman winner regional winner Carson winner state winner
2129
2169 regional quarters
2175 regional winner
2264
2491 regional quarters
2512 Regional semis State semis
2498 regional quarters
2509 regional quarters
2531
2574 Regional finalists
2667
2823 Tesla quarter finals state qualifier
2846 Regional finalists
2847
3042 Regional winner Tesla semis
3102 Regional winner State semis
3184 Regional quarters
3275 Regional quarters
3313 Regional quarters
3633 Regional semis
3848
3883 Regional quarters
4198
4215 Regional quarter
4506
4536 Regional finalists
4607 Chairman's award Carver quarter finals state semi finals
4648
4665
4859 Regional quarters
5299
5541
And the mysterious no number rookie team

Looks like a tough field.. should be fun

[ClockworkGold]

Hello CD,

KING TeC's student captains and board of directors are currently meeting weekly to work out all of the details on the Minne Mini, however, here are some details we have currently.

• There will be three events run at our "Minne Mania" event: Minne Mini Regional (the FRC offseason event), FLL Regional Tournament, and a JrFLL expo.

• Doors open at 7 am on November 19th, however, you may load in your pit the night before. The time to do this is currently undetermined.

• We will be running workshops before FRC opening ceremonies. If you are interested in running a class, contact tournaments@kingtec2169.com

More to come and stay tuned!

[snoman]

Any plans of running a stream at the even?. People who are unable to attend are asking me.

[BumblingBuilder]

Originally Posted by snoman

Any plans of running a stream at the even?. People who are unable to attend are asking me.

KING TeC is planning to stream it. We are definitely going to run it through our Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK0...6ZLU8huS9G1bqQ). We are also considering a Twitch stream, but I do not think our Marketing team has made a definitive decision on that.

[jajabinx124]

Here are the rule changes:

Drive Team Coaches:
For the purpose of training student drive team coaches,
an experienced drive team coach will be allowed in the arena with the drive team during a match.
This means 2 coaches are allowed for each team.

Tower Strength:
Each tower starts the match with strength of 10.

Defense Configuration for the Outer Works:
Different rules will apply to defense configuration during Qualification Matches.
Goal is to minimize time spent changing out defenses, so there is more time to play matches.
* Qualification Matches PRIOR TO lunch break = Random defense configuration # 1
(configuration will NOT change for the duration of morning qualification matches)
* Qualification Matches AFTER lunch break = Random defense configuration # 2
(configuration will NOT change for the duration of afternoon qualification matches)
* Elimination Matches = Standard defense selection rules will apply

Other than that it seems like it will be normal game play. Looks like it'll be a good event! Sadly I won't be able to attend because of a couple midterms around the date.

[Caleb Sykes]

ALLIANCE SELECTION
ALLIANCES: There will be 4 alliances formed to play the Elimination Matches. Each alliance will consist of 3 teams.
ALLIANCE SELECTION ORDER: Alliance selection order is as follows: 1 > 4; 4 > 1; 1 > 4

So, is it 3 or 4 teams per alliance? This is unnecessarily confusing.

[nomythicalbeast]

Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes

So, is it 3 or 4 teams per alliance? This is unnecessarily confusing.

If I am correct, it means that there will be four alliances of three teams.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes

So, is it 3 or 4 teams per alliance? This is unnecessarily confusing.

The four alliances is pretty straightforward, the 3 teams per alliance is less so. There are two ways to do it, 3 team alliances with backups or 4 team alliances. 3 team with backup is what I think they mean, but if you have alliance captains picking 1-4, 4-1, 1-4 then you have 4 team alliances.

At MRI, they did 4 team alliances and none of the alliance captains seemed to realize that they needed to communicate to the folks managing field which 3 of the 4 teams would be playing and at which drivers station before each match.

My vote is for 3 plus backups, but if the event organizers want 4 I'll be happy to set it up that way.

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes

So, is it 3 or 4 teams per alliance? This is unnecessarily confusing.

Originally Posted by Doug Frisk

The four alliances is pretty straightforward, the 3 teams per alliance is less so. There are two ways to do it, 3 team alliances with backups or 4 team alliances. 3 team with backup is what I think they mean, but if you have alliance captains picking 1-4, 4-1, 1-4 then you have 4 team alliances.

At MRI, they did 4 team alliances and none of the alliance captains seemed to realize that they needed to communicate to the folks managing field which 3 of the 4 teams would be playing and at which drivers station before each match.

My vote is for 3 plus backups, but if the event organizers want 4 I'll be happy to set it up that way.

I just assumed it was 4 alliances of 4 robots just like most regular off-season events. That's what it should be in my opinion.

[Caleb Sykes]

I realized I didn't provide a reference for my quote. It comes from this email attachment sent to attending teams.

[ClockworkGold]

Hello everyone,

I just came out of a planning meeting and we found the miscommunication about alliance selection. Yes, in the email it said "1 > 4; 4 > 1; 1 > 4" for the selection process. It is meant to be 1>4; 4>1.

Again to clarify, in eliminations there will be 4 alliances of 3 teams. Each alliance will have a backup/substitution coupon for the next highest seed, just like standard regional play. I hope this clears up some of the confusion.

[Caleb Sykes]

Originally Posted by ClockworkGold

Hello everyone,

I just came out of a planning meeting and we found the miscommunication about alliance selection. Yes, in the email it said "1 > 4; 4 > 1; 1 > 4" for the selection process. It is meant to be 1>4; 4>1.

Again to clarify, in eliminations there will be 4 alliances of 3 teams. Each alliance will have a backup/substitution coupon for the next highest seed, just like standard regional play. I hope this clears up some of the confusion.

Thank you for the clarification. If you wouldn't mind sharing, what was the rationale for this decision?

[BumblingBuilder]

Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes

Thank you for the clarification. If you wouldn't mind sharing, what was the rationale for this decision?

The rational behind it is for the Minne Mini to be as close to regional play as we possibly can, as it was one of the Minne Mini's original intentions: to introduce new members of a team to how regionals work.