Gitchi Gummi Get-Together 2016

[Golfer4646]

Originally Posted by LFrisk

Just under a month left register! We still have some spaces left.

How many teams are currently registered?
(Sorry if this is already posted somewhere, I could not find it.)

[LFrisk]

Originally Posted by Golfer4646

How many teams are currently registered?
(Sorry if this is already posted somewhere, I could not find it.)

We've got about 5 teams registered so far.

[LFrisk]

We have 13 teams registered. This means we have 5 spaces left. Please be registered by June 15th if you want to use the UMD housing. Even if you won't be using the housing, try to register by then anyways.

[LFrisk]

2175, 4480, 876, 857, 3102, 3275, 3244, 3883, 3184, 1816, 93, and 2512 are registered. We have space for 5 more teams. Register as soon as possible if you want a space.

[cpapplefamily]

I'm happy to see our number in the list. I been and am still waiting to receive my confirmation email so I can pay. Can't wait to make the trip this summer.

[FRC #3184]

Team 3184 - Burnsville Blaze registered, but we have never gotten a confirmation. Can you confirm that we are signed up?

[cpapplefamily]

Are there rules that very from the official FRC rules for this event?

[LFrisk]

Originally Posted by cpapplefamily

Are there rules that very from the official FRC rules for this event?

We don't intend to make any major changes to the rules at this point.

We were hoping to get tower strength back down to 8, but unfortunately we can't. We have been looking at possible alternatives to the Portcullis that we could build, but we haven't yet decided if we will go that route or if we'll just leave the Cheval as a static defense.

A note about inspections: We won't be forcing teams to do inspections, it's going to be an on-your-honor system. If you've made changes since your last official event, we request that you be inspected again, but if not, you don't need to be inspected.

[snoman]

Didn't get confirmation yet also. We requested umd rooms as well and are ready to pay.
Thanks

[LFrisk]

Our apologies to those who haven't received emails yet. It seems that we didn't have a specific person in charge of sending them out, so that didn't get done.

Our team co-captain has now sent them out to everyone.

[snoman]

Thanks

[cpapplefamily]

We got our email but no bill.

[LFrisk]

We now have 18 teams signed up! It's a huge jump from two years ago at the first event where we were struggling to get enough teams to even hold an event. Any rule updates will be posted in the near future.
2175 The Fighting Calculators
4480 UC-Botics
876 Thunder Robotics
857 Superior Roboworks
3102 Tech No Tigers
3275 Regulators
3244 Granite City Gearheads
3883 Data Bits Cotta
3184 Blaze Robotics
1816 The Green Machine
2846 FireBears
4656 Rock Solid Robotics
2169 KING TeC
4009 DNA
2177 The Robettes
93 New Apple Corps

[cpapplefamily]

Rules question. Did I see it somewhere that we can have an additional 5lbs on the bot for a 125lbs limit? or maybe that was some other event? We would like to shore up a part on our bot but the last official weigh-in we were 119.5 lbs. The upgrade would tip us over. I'm not to sure if there is many places to get the weight back down.

[LFrisk]

Originally Posted by cpapplefamily

Rules question. Did I see it somewhere that we can have an additional 5lbs on the bot for a 125lbs limit? or maybe that was some other event? We would like to shore up a part on our bot but the last official weigh-in we were 119.5 lbs. The upgrade would tip us over. I'm not to sure if there is many places to get the weight back down.

We have allowed an additional 5 lbs at the Gitch in the past, but this year we decided not to do so, as most other off-season events do not allow you to do this. On the other hand, we aren't going to be overly strict about ensuring that robots aren't over 120. As long as you aren't going over by more than a pound or two, you should be fine.