IRI - 2014 Team Invitations

[Jim Zondag]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

What do the axis' represent?

Y = Adjusted OPR Value
X = Teams ranked Highest to lowest OPR at event

at IRI, every team but one has Adj_OPR value of >40.
Will be most competitive event of 2014.

[Bryan1625]

Team 1625 is honored to be accepted, looks like its going to be some tough but fun competition!

[Chris Fultz]

Invited Team List for 2014:

1 11 MORT
2 16 Bomb Squad
3 20 The Rocketeers
4 27 Team RUSH
5 33 Killer Bees
6 45 TechnoKats Robotics Team
7 51 Wings of Fire
8 67 The HOT Team
9 71 Team Hammond
10 74 Team C.H.A.O.S.
11 107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S.
12 108 SigmaC@T
13 118 Robonauts
14 125 NUTRONS
15 148 Robowranglers
16 175 Buzz Robotics
17 179 The Children of the Swamp
18 195 Cyber Knights
19 225 TechFire
20 233 The Pink Team
21 234 Cyber Blue
22 254 The Cheesy Poofs
23 330 The Beach Bots
24 334 TechKnights
25 340 G.R.R. (Greater Rochester Robotics)
26 359 Hawaiian Kids
27 368 Team Kika Mana
28 384 Sparky 384
29 399 Eagle Robotics
30 447 Team Roboto
31 469 Las Guerrillas
32 494 Martians
33 503 Frog Force
34 573 Mech Warriors
35 610 The Coyotes
36 624 CRyptonite
37 862 Lightning Robotics
38 868 TechHOUNDS
39 910 The Foley Freeze
40 1023 Bedford Express
41 1024 Kil-A-Bytes
42 1108 Panther Robotics
43 1114 Simbotics
44 1126 SPARX
45 1241 THEORY6
46 1310 RUNNYMEDE ROBOTICS
47 1318 Issaquah Robotics Society
48 1477 Texas Torque
49 1619 Up-A-Creek Robotics
50 1625 Winnovation
51 1640 Sab-BOT-age
52 1718 The Fighting Pi
53 1732 Hilltoppers
54 1741 Red Alert
55 1817 Llano Estacado RoboRaiders
56 2013 Cybergnomes
57 2056 OP Robotics
58 2175 The Fighting Calculators
59 2337 EngiNERDs
60 2451 PWNAGE
61 2468 Team Appreciate
62 2481 Roboteers
63 2590 Nemesis
64 2614 MARS
65 2848 The All Sparks
66 2867 ElkLogics
67 2928 Viking Robotics
68 3098 The Captains
69 3147 Munster HorsePower
70 3467 The Windham Windup
71 3478 LamBot
72 3683 Team Dave
73 4039 MakeShift Robotics
74 4265 Secret City Wildbots
75 4334 Alberta Tech Alliance (ATA)
76 4488 ShockWave

[Arefin Bari]

Team 108 is ecstatic to be invited to play with the big boys.

My kids are way too happy tonight to plan.

... But I know that IRI will receive our acceptance over the weekend.

[ay2b]

2928 is thrilled to be able to go. (Even though it'll be a very small contingent.)

[SGK]

It is with great regret that Team 175 Buzz Robotics had to decline the kind invitation to this year’s 2014 IRI Tournament.

We were both honored and surprised to be invited this year. It was especially a surprise to students, mentors and the managers of Buzz, as the whole application was completed and submitted covertly by one of our graduating seniors!!

We genuinely examined the possibility of coming out for the competition this year, but unfortunately, it is not logistically possible for us to plan and execute the trip to Indiana. Most of the students and their families already have planned activities for this summer and our ability to mount a proper student Drive Team, transport the estimated 30 hours round trip, is just not feasible for this year.

We would like to have the opportunity in the future to be invited and will, going forward, include the potential of attending the IRI Tourney in our planning activities.

BUZZ 175

[Brandon Holley]

Chris and co.

Do you have a list of teams who accepted their invites available to share?


-Brando

[Travis Hoffman]

Sounds to me like the IRI committee might consider requiring proof that an adult mentor either submitted or gave consent to submit an IRI application moving forward. Might eliminate....unnecessary headaches.

[Andy Baker]

Hey guys, no need to worry here. We usually get between 5-8 declines each year. This year it is the same, but the declines are being made in a more public manner.

Sincerely,
Andy

[PizzaBoxZombie]

225 is excited to be attending this year! We will be a smaller crew, as we are not doing this as a "team outing" and as others have mentioned we have students/mentors with prior summer plans.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

Hey guys, no need to worry here. We usually get between 5-8 declines each year. This year it is the same, but the declines are being made in a more public manner.

Sincerely,
Andy

Having the event in the 60's might be easier to handle.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

Hey guys, no need to worry here. We usually get between 5-8 declines each year. This year it is the same, but the declines are being made in a more public manner.

Sincerely,
Andy

Didn't you guys also increase the number of invites a few years ago for this reason?

[XaulZan11]

Any word on rule changes?

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Any word on rule changes?

Previously discussed here

I like them. Small changes that don't completely change it into a different game

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Steven Donow

Previously discussed here

I like them. Small changes that don't completely change it into a different game

Nothing official in that thread though.