2010 Monty Madness

[rcmolloy]

Hey Teams Attending,

Are you going to be coaching your rookie drivers at the event or are the vets taking part in this one? I know for a fact that we would like to try and get some rookies out there but we also want to master Breakaway! Let me know!

[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Any fun volunteer spots still open?

I can't answer your question at this time, your best chance is to go ahead and apply anyway! Volunteer Registration.

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

Hey Teams Attending,

Are you going to be coaching your rookie drivers at the event or are the vets taking part in this one? I know for a fact that we would like to try and get some rookies out there but we also want to master Breakaway! Let me know!

Generally it is a mix of both experienced and unexperienced drivers. I can't speak for any team in particular, but I would estimate at least 25% (probably higher) of teams would use a different driver/co-pilot from what they did in actual competition. Most teams are focused on practicing, mentoring, and having a good time more so than treating it like a regional.

[TD912]

Just letting you know, team 1989's site is http://vthsrobotics.org/ not htp://www.vikingrobotics.com/

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

Hey Teams Attending,

Are you going to be coaching your rookie drivers at the event or are the vets taking part in this one? I know for a fact that we would like to try and get some rookies out there but we also want to master Breakaway! Let me know!

We always use the off-season to give all interested drivers a chance to run in a match. We will then use our experienced drivers in the play-offs. Hard to believe but this year our regular season driver was a rookie 10th grader. So at Monty Madness we will be giving our Seniors a chance to drive our robot.

Can't wait to play at Monty!!

[jblay]

We were wondering if teams every had problems not getting their robot back from the championship in time for the event. Our teacher is worried we'll sign up and then not be able to attend. Has this ever happened to any team and is there any risk of this happening to us?

I'm really hoping we can attend again and see some old faces from Jersey.

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by jblay

We were wondering if teams every had problems not getting their robot back from the championship in time for the event. Our teacher is worried we'll sign up and then not be able to attend. Has this ever happened to any team and is there any risk of this happening to us?

I'm really hoping we can attend again and see some old faces from Jersey.

Team 25 has never had a problem with this. We always have our robot back in time to compete at PARC, which for the past couple of years has been held the weekend before Monty Madness.

I'll be attending.

[Alex Cormier]

I signed up to be a referee. I am very excited to attend my first Monty Madness.

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by jblay

We were wondering if teams every had problems not getting their robot back from the championship in time for the event. Our teacher is worried we'll sign up and then not be able to attend. Has this ever happened to any team and is there any risk of this happening to us?

I'm really hoping we can attend again and see some old faces from Jersey.

You will be fine. We go to PARC every year. (one week before Monty)

Do it Stuypulse!!! Sign up for Monty & PARC!!

[jblay]

Originally Posted by OZ_341

Do it Stuypulse!!! Sign up for Monty & PARC!!

We wont be able to do PARC because we have our annual team dinner on that day.

I am pushing the teacher on our team to sign up for Monty and we will probably send in our check in the next two days. For Monty it comes down to if we will be able to sign up in time.

I am also pushing for our team to go to Ramp Riot and it looks very good for us to attend that.

[OZ_341]

Originally Posted by jblay

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I am also pushing for our team to go to Ramp Riot and it looks very good for us to attend that.

We would be honored to have you at Ramp Riot! The date this year will be Saturday, November 13th. I will be putting full details on Delphi soon.

See you at Monty!!!

[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by jblay

We were wondering if teams every had problems not getting their robot back from the championship in time for the event. Our teacher is worried we'll sign up and then not be able to attend. Has this ever happened to any team and is there any risk of this happening to us?

To my knowledge (I'm not the best authority on this), I have not known of any robots that have not made it back in time for the event. 1403's robot was down in Atlanta too, so you aren't the only one in that boat.

[jblay]

Looks like the team list is now full and we won't be able to attend. What are the chances of getting in off of the waitlist?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by jblay

Looks like the team list is now full and we won't be able to attend. What are the chances of getting in off of the waitlist?

My team also would like to know.

[jblay]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

My team also would like to know.

I emailed the monty madness registration people asking what our chances were and they said:

It's very hard to say if we'll be using teams on the waitlist. We changed the way we register teams beginning last year in that we now require
registration payment before considering a team registered. This means every
team listed as a participant has paid their registration fee, which has cut
down dramatically on having teams that are just trying to hold a spot and
deciding whether to actually come at a later date. Nevertheless, I believe
that we did go to our waitlist for 2 or 3 teams last year, so it's certainly
not out of the question. If memory serves me correctly, I believe that
activity happened about a week prior to the event.

[tleicht]

ATTENTION MONTY MADNESS TEAMS
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Someone that deserves to be recognized for their extraordinary efforts.
Nominate that mentor for the Woodie Flowers Junior Award at Monty Madness.
Please submit your nomination in 300 words or less, no later than Monday, May 10 to awards@montymadness.org.
More information can be found at the website under awards.

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Please help Team 1403 support our troops overseas by contributing items to Operation Jersey Cares.
Collection at Monty Madness
Collection List on website
Prize to the team that brings in the most items.

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Bring your dead lead acid batteries to Monty for recycling.
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**Looking for relief Master of Ceremonies & announcers**
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Looking forward to some great Breakaway!!