Introducing: Colonial Robotics Championship Series

[Billfred]

If FIRST can try something new all season long, so can we!

2014 Colonial Robotics Championship

The CRC is a series of off-season events along the east coast for teams participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition. These independently-run events are played with the 2014 robots, field, and rules to give teams practice, a second chance at competition, or just more fun!

With the rise of events from Maine to Florida, it’s time to find out who’s the strongest even when the pressure of regional and district events is off! Teams will earn points based off their performance at the first two participating off-season events they attend, using a lightly-modified version of the FIRST district points structure.

CRC Events for the 2014 season currently include:

• Monty Madness (May 17, Skillman NJ, MontyMadness.com)
• WVROX (August 1-2, Morgantown WV, marsfirst.org)
• Rumble in the Roads (October 11?, Newport News VA)
• IROC (Haymarket VA, http://www.irocoffseason.org)
• SCRIW (October 11, Chapin SC, SCRIW.org)
• THOR (November 1, Reidsville NC, ncthor.org)

(Many more events have expressed interest in the idea, but I'm waiting for final confirmation that they're in for this scoring and the reporting element we need to compute points. Running an event and want in? PM or email me.)

Points
Teams will earn points at the first two (and only two) participating off-season events they participate in. Pre-rookie and "B" entries may earn points, but we underscore the need for teams fielding these robots to bring their Gracious Professionalism. Points will be awarded as follows:

Qualification Rounds Win-Loss-Tie: Points will vary based on the number of regularly scheduled qualification matches at the event, but an undefeated run in qualifying will equal 24 points.

Matches	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Win	4.00	3.43	3.00	2.67	2.40	2.18	2.00
Loss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tie	2.00	1.72	1.50	1.34	1.20	1.09	1.00

Teams do not earn points for matches played as a surrogate or when a red card is received.

Alliance Selection Results: Alliance captains earn 17 points minus the alliance captain number. (Alliance Captain 3 earns 14 points.) Teams that accept an alliance invitation receive 17 points minus the number in the order they accepted. (For example, the 5th to accept an alliance invitation receives 12 points.)

In the event an event uses four-team alliances as seen at Championship, the third selection will receive equal points to the second selection.

Elimination Round Performance: 5 points for every match won, only for the Alliance that wins the series. If an alliance receives a bye due to an uneven number of teams, they are awarded 10 points. If quarterfinal rounds are not played, no points are awarded for quarterfinals wins. Rounds below the quarterfinals are not scored.

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We know teams attend off-seasons for a variety of reasons, and we know teams host them for just as many reasons. Our goal is to make these events a little bit louder as a group, and hopefully grow their adoption along the entire east coast. We hope to see you at a couple of these events this year!