BattleCry@WPI 7!

[dk5sm5luigi]

Originally Posted by Coffeeism

Maybe they'll up it to 60 or something next year =)

Although it is full does not mean your team can not go. Often a few teams drop out once the money is due allowing teams from the Ready Reserves to be bumped up.

[Daisy]

OR maybe the change will be that the green light will be red-blue-green!!!

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!

[KathieK]

I'm looking forward to BattleCry 7 - lots of energy, great camaraderie, fun on Friday night!

Please let your team mentors know that there will be a NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) meeting on Saturday at lunchtime in the Morgan Room in the Campus Center - I'd like to see some new faces join our discussion this year!

[BobC]

I am a mentor for team 176 if any teams in the area of Windsor Locks or close to (Connecticut or Western Massachusetts . ) if you need transportation for your robot I have LARGE box truck. For a small fee (depending on how teams I get) to pay for the HIGH COST of fuel I will take your robot and other stuff to Battle Cry. I do not have a lift gate on my truck. So what ever you want to transport must be lifted up to the back of the truck which is 4 feet off the ground. So you would need a few strong men ( or women ) and a boy (or girl )to lift your stuff if it is heavy to the back of the truck. Right now I will be going on Saturday morning. I would need to load truck on Friday night. I would like to load the truck at the Windsor Locks High School or maybe we could work something else out. You need to call me asap so if it I don't get enough teams I will let teams know so they can make other arrangements. I would have to say I need to know by Friday June 16th.
Call me Bob Charrette 860-623-2577 let it ring a lot for voice mail. (cell phone and I do not know how to change the number of rings to have it pick up earlier).
or email me bc56@cox.net

[Ken Stafford]

Originally Posted by Master Dictator

Yea I was planning on trying to convince my team to travel from PA to go but its already full

I would STRONGLY suggest to you and all other teams that missed the 48-team limit to register anyway (http://www.wpi.edu/News/Events/BattleCry/fray.html)! Based upon our 6-year history, I would give the first 5 teams on the Ready Reserve a VERY high probability of being offered a spot. Things just seem to happen in the last month (now!) that lead to teams having to withdraw.

BTW, we are about to send out another update that will specify not only the special games we have planned but also the game "tweak." (Back Bots are still in--you may see another scoring opportunity however...)

31 Days to go!

The BattleCry Staff

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by Ken Stafford

BTW, we are about to send out another update that will specify not only the special games we have planned but also the game "tweak." (Back Bots are still in--you may see another scoring opportunity however...)

Is it dual 3 point scoring goals? Two on each side would be cool.

BTW in 2001 Battlecry introduced dual ramps, and the teams liked it.

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

Is it dual 3 point scoring goals? Two on each side would be cool.

I could see them getting rid of the human player penalty for scoring into the 3 pt goal, that would make it more interesting for the HP.

[Ryan Foley]

Originally Posted by Ken Stafford

Expect some special guest appearances as well as a rather interesting new potential for scoring smack in the middle of the playing field... .

Ken Stafford (CRUD: "Blackhole")

So it won't be removing the HP/ center goal penalty, or adding another center goal.

Maybe they put the ramps in the middle of the field. That could make for some great 2003-style King of the Hill battles.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Ryan Foley

So it won't be removing the HP/ center goal penalty, or adding another center goal.

Maybe they put the ramps in the middle of the field. That could make for some great 2003-style King of the Hill battles.

While it would make it interesting, it would also cut down the room to maneuver.
One of the nice tings about this years game is the open field. It allows a good driver to really use their skill and out maneuver opposing robots rather than just sitting and blocking a lane.

[K.Shaw]

Originally Posted by Ryan Foley

So it won't be removing the HP/ center goal penalty, or adding another center goal.

Maybe they put the ramps in the middle of the field. That could make for some great 2003-style King of the Hill battles.

though it would be coool they would have to think about the robots attending. though we don't do this some teams have to climb the ramp in order to score in the center goal, this would be quite unfair for those teams.


when they first said something about scoring in the middle i thought maybe HPs would be able to score in the center goal. this would be awsome.

[aztech75]

I have heard alot of talk about a ramp being put in the middle of the field... but has any1 realized that if there is a big ramp or goal sitting in the middle of the field, a lot of teams will lose their automode.

Most of the time we shoot from the middle of the field ( not saying that the only place we shoot from) but it is an inconvinence for many teams in or out of auto mode so it will be interesting to see how they plan this out.

see u guys in a few weeks,

Tom

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by K.Shaw

though it would be coool they would have to think about the robots attending. though we don't do this some teams have to climb the ramp in order to score in the center goal, this would be quite unfair for those teams.

Maybe there will just be so many ramps you won't know what to do

[BobC]

[quote=BobC]I am a mentor for team 176 if any teams in the area of Windsor Locks or close to (Connecticut or Western Massachusetts . ) if you need transportation for your robot I have LARGE box truck. For a small fee (depending on how teams I get) to pay for the HIGH COST of fuel I will take your robot and other stuff to Battle Cry. I do not have a lift gate on my truck. So what ever you want to transport must be lifted up to the back of the truck which is 4 feet off the ground. So you would need a few strong men ( or women ) and a boy (or girl )to lift your stuff if it is heavy to the back of the truck. Right now I will be going on Saturday morning. I would need to load truck on Friday night. I would like to load the truck at the Windsor Locks High School or maybe we could work something else out. You need to call me asap so if it I don't get enough teams I will let teams know so they can make other arrangements. I would have to say I need to know by Friday June 16th.
Call me Bob Charrette 860-623-2577 let it ring a lot for voice mail. (cell phone and I do not know how to change the number of rings to have it pick up earlier).
or email me bc56@cox.net[/QUOTE



This being the first time I am going to Battle Cry I did not know that play begins on Friday night. I am still willing to help teams out if they need me.

[BobC]

Does anyone know the name of any hotel or motel within walking distance of the event?
Bob

[Melissa Nute]

Originally Posted by BobC

Does anyone know the name of any hotel or motel within walking distance of the event?
Bob

The two closest hotels are:

Crowne Plaza Hotel Worcester
10 Lincoln Square, Worcester, MA, 508-791-1600, 800-227-6963, Fax: 508-791-1796

Courtyard by Marriott Worcester
72 Grove St., Worcester, MA, 508-363-0300, Fax: 508-363-3563

Both are about a 15 minute walk to campus though.