Registration 2017

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Resurrected vets

For a while it appeared that 6330 was a revival of 2625, being named "2625 - Arc Angels", but they seem to have changed their team name after realizing that they didn't get their old number.

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by bobbysq

For a while it appeared that 6330 was a revival of 2625, being named "2625 - Arc Angels", but they seem to have changed their team name after realizing that they didn't get their old number.

They probably met the criteria for a Rookie Team instead of a returning veteran team. Honestly if I was in their shoes I would rather come in as a rookie then a veteran especially in a district system when I get +10 points just for existing.

[Allison K]

Hrm. The reserve capacity for all FiM districts was just increased significantly, taking the open capacity for almost all events down by a few spots. Southfield went from having 10 reserve to 19 reserve. Midland and Traverse City both went from single open to zero, West Michigan went from eight open to one, and Center Line went from 11 open to zero.

That changes our plans a bit.

[angelah]

Anyone else have issues with FIM registration? That was thoroughly frustrating, tbh.

[Mr MOE]

Second district event registration that opened at noon EST today went very smoothly for me. MOE 365 registered for the MAR Seneca event.

I wanted to share as positive feedback to FIRST from my perspective.

Thanks!

[ebmonon36]

Very smooth for us as well. In and out in under a minute. 1018 will be attending Perry Meridian and Tippecanoe.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by angelah

Anyone else have issues with FIM registration? That was thoroughly frustrating, tbh.

Did the event(s) fill up on you? It seems that several filled to their (low) capacity, whereas ones like LSSU still have 7 (or is it 5?) slots open.

[Mark McLeod]

2546 teams
A large jump (60) from the home system Districts as teams got into their events.

[Mark McLeod]

These are the places that are still missing veterans from last season:
#Missing
82 ---- MI
73 ---- MN
62 ---- Israel (new District hasn't begun registering teams)
55 ---- TX
41 ---- CA
39 ---- Mexico
26 ---- NY
25 ---- Canada-ON
23 ---- Australia
18 ---- FL
17 ---- GA
17 ---- LA
17 ---- WA
16 ---- MO
15 ---- China
15 ---- VA
14 ---- AZ
13 ---- Canada-AB
13 ---- CO
13 ---- SC
13 ---- TN
9 ----- HI
9 ----- MA
9 ----- MD
9 ----- UT
8 ----- IL
8 ----- NJ
8 ----- Turkey
7 ----- AR
7 ----- Canada-QC
7 ----- ID
7 ----- OK
7 ----- PA
5 ----- NC
5 ----- NH
4 ----- AL
4 ----- DC
4 ----- KY
4 ----- MS
4 ----- OH
3 ----- IN
3 ----- KS
3 ----- NM
2 ----- CT
2 ----- Dominican Republic
2 ----- Japan
2 ----- OR
2 ----- Taiwan
2 ----- WI
2 ----- WY
1 ----- Australia
1 ----- Bosnia-Herzegovina
1 ----- Brazil
1 ----- Canada-AB
1 ----- Canada-SK
1 ----- Czech Republic
1 ----- DE
1 ----- Denmark
1 ----- Ecuador
1 ----- IA
1 ----- India
1 ----- MT
1 ----- ND
1 ----- NV
1 ----- Poland
1 ----- PR
1 ----- RI
1 ----- SD
1 ----- United Kingdom
1 ----- WV

[Daler99]

5813 registered for Southern NH at 12:01! At 12:03, SNH was full.

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Originally Posted by MARS_James

They probably met the criteria for a Rookie Team instead of a returning veteran team. Honestly if I was in their shoes I would rather come in as a rookie then a veteran especially in a district system when I get +10 points just for existing.

Idk man. Having a low number is definitely a plus for pick lists. The perception of experience is almost as powerful as the experience itself. Plus that +10 pts goes away in full in only 2 years. Whereas you keep the number indefinitely.

[Mark McLeod]

Registration is up about 3% over last year at this point in registration.

Here are two three revised registration progression plots of the delayed opening.
The first just jumps (pretty much a straight line) from the morning after the late registration opening to corresponding surge markers that are present every year.
The second is the more accurate one that simply slides the opening day as Jon suggested earlier. Just plotting the actual delayed date looks better, but makes it harder to see the correlation between that day-early District arc and the 2012 regular arc.
The third uses the real dates for registration who's start dates spread over a couple of weeks in the past decade. Mile-marker events such as 2nd District opening and unrestricted Regionals, even US holidays are uncorrelated giving subsequent years a slanted look. It's most noticeable between the light green 2016 line (earliest registration ever opened) and the white 2017 plot (latest it ever opened).

The first plot variation better compares the fast fingers on the first day, while still correlating with the standard markers (where the surges are every year), such as the 2nd District event registration day where a lot of MI teams come out of hiding.

See if this is understandable and give me your preference.
I played with stretching the interpolation, but that didn't look much different than a straight line.

[Jon Stratis]

Ok, I've rewritten this like 5 times, I keep going back and forth.

The first one could be a useful comparison next year with the new preference system Frank has talked about in the blog - does the introduction of a new system for initial event registration significantly change how registration goes? But at the same time, I feel like it probably overstates what would have happened if registration proceeded normally this year, and could lead to false conclusions.

The second one I like for the simple fact that it represents reality. It shows that, despite being a week late, the initial surge "made up" for that lost week of registration immediately.

Looking at these graphs today, I was struck with a burning desire to see a third graph (or a third and fourth), one showing the difference, day to day, in registrations between years. So one line that shows (2017-2016), another for (2016-2015), etc. each day as registration proceeds. Does that difference generally stay the same? Does it increase at a predictable rate? Are there sudden surges some years that we can't explain? And, perhaps most appropriately, how does it show the difference between this year and last year?

[Mark McLeod]

The second plot is not actually reality either, so you may want to see a fully uncorrected plot.

Opening day in the 2000's up until about 2014 was typically halfway between this year's delayed opening and last year's opening. That's why I've been using Oct 3 as a normalized starting point for past years.

[tr6scott]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

These are the places that are still missing veterans from last season:
#Missing
82 ---- MI

I got 88 teams in what I track. . .

68	Truck Town Thunder
201	The FEDS
894	Chargers
1940	The Tech Tigers
2224	RoboPhoenix
2586	Copper Bots
2591	RedTails
2676	Ecorse Robo Raiders
3302	TurboTrojans
3509	Team Fallout
3548	RoboRavens2
3619	Black Hawks
3773	Cobalt Commanders
3886	More Titans
4380	Dynomite
4758	RoboBlazers
4811	Majestic Alpacas
4827	Minerbotics
4840	The Bairs
4854	Trobots
4995	Rockets
5008	(robo)LIONS
5014	Wildcats
5017	Flaming Tortoises
5068	The Outsiders
5084	Password
5214	The Mighty CavBots
5215	Steagles
5224	Panther Power
5225	Shamrocks
5226	Titanium Tigers
5233	Golden Eagles
5239	Product Pioneers
5246	Indians
5251	WAYbots
5255	Terrific Tigers
5314	Hi Tecs
5316	The Architects
5473	Aviators Robotics
5478	Pershing Doughbots
5527	Phoenix
5531	Orange Crush
5533	Mustangtronics
5547	The Talons
5555	Fitzgerald Spartans
5574	Big Bot Theory
5575	Loggers
5619	Jaguars
5622	Green Hornets
5650	Cougars
5674	Greyhounds
5685	Robo Terriers
5692	Cheboygan Chiefs Robotics Team
5694	Hamady Hawks
5697	Bearcats
5702	Team eagles
5703	Eagles
5704	Blended Learning Academies
5706	Bears
5711	Bathers
5745	Mustangs
5774	Heroes Alliance Flint
5853	The Gators
5989	Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School
6011	Sturgis High School
6013	ZF-TRW & Cornerstone Health+Technology High School
6031	Pentwater Public School
6057	Edsel Ford High School
6074	Roscommon High School & Roscommon High School
6080	A.D. Johnston Jr/Sr High School
6089	Annapolis High School
6091	Deckerville Community High School
6096	University Preparatory Science and Math (Psad) Hig
6098	Beaver Island Community School
6099	Osborn College Preparatory Academy
6100	Morley Stanwood High School
6102	Montabella Junior/Senior High
6108	Clintondale High School
6115	Grand Rapids Ellington Academy of Arts & Technology
6117	Pontiac Academy for Excellence
6119	Pansophia Academy
6128	Hart High School
6136	Old Redford Academy - High
6137	Constantine High School
6138	Centreville High School
6151	Luther L. Wright High School
6190	Canton Preparatory High School
6208	Portage Central High School