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Good Afternoon Teams,

I hope everyone’s week zero events went well. Thank you to all the teams who sent in details on their practice scrimmages. It was a big help to have a list of events where key volunteers could see this year’s game in action before Week One comes around.

I attend the Suffield Shakedown and have a few suggestions for teams everywhere:
Charge your classmates early and often. You don’t want your classmate to run out of power while your robot is on the field. (Really, it happened.)
Update your Driver Station software now to save time and aggravation at your first event. Teams must have the latest software update to compete.
Practice your ball return technique and read the delay of game algorithm. If you don’t get the ball back into play soon enough, the point scored with that ball will be nullified. (This also happened. A lot.)
Check your bumpers. This year, teams must have a system in place to change their bumper colors from blue to red and back again during competition.

Dean has instituted a new award. Details on the FIRST Dean’s List for FRC student team members can be found here. Check it out soon, submissions open tomorrow and close this Friday.

Tomorrows Team Update will include the following: Rule , as amended in Team Update #11, permits the TEAM to utilize a 65 pound WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE. The choice of which FABRICATED PARTS of the ROBOT are included in the WITHHOLDING ALLOWANCE is entirely up to the TEAM.

Please note that a ROBOT is an assembly of FABRICATED and COTS parts. Teams attending traditional events may not bring fully assembled ROBOTS to the competition. Teams attending bag & tag events may not bring a fully assembled ROBOT that has not been bagged. For both traditional and bag & tag events, teams may bring up to 65lbs of FABRICATED parts for use on the ROBOT, even if their ROBOT weighs less than 65lbs.

Heads up. Weights will be spot checked at the event.

Tomorrow is Robot Ship Day
See you then!

Thoughts?