CalGames 2016

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WRRF and Team 3501 are hosting CalGames 2016! This is an FRC off-season event and we will be playing the 2016 FRC game, Stronghold.

When: Friday & Saturday, October 7-8, 2016 (Friday afternoon load-in)
Where: Fremont High School, 1279 Sunnyvale Saratoga Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Registration: for more information regarding registration for this event, please contact Register4CalGames@WRRF.org

Volunteers:
Volunteers are essential for CalGames! If you are interested in volunteering or if you know someone who is interested, please send an email to volunteercalgames@wrrf.org

Rule Changes:

1) 3.1.4 Tower Strength: 8 for QUALIFICATIONS and ELIMINATION

2) 5.5.10 - In QUALIFICATIONS - Defenses will be randomly selected and placed. The placement will be defined in advance and will change every round (about 6 matches) to match the robot cycles. There will be no Audience Selection of Defenses or Alliance Selection of Defenses.
a. Cheval de Frise (Always in play in position 2)
b. Low Bar (Always in play in position 1)
c. Ramparts OR Moat
d. Sally Port OR Drawbridge
e. Rough Terrain OR Rock Wall

3) 5.5.10 - In ELIMINATIONS - There will be ONE Audience Selection of Defenses and the selected defense will always be placed in position 3. There will be TWO Alliance Selection of Defenses (Category and Placement) per the categories below. Audience selected defense and defense category will change every round to match the robot cycles. Alliance selected defense will change every match.
a. Ramparts OR Moat
b. Sally Port OR Drawbridge
c. Rough Terrain OR Rock Wall

4) G21 Revision - A ROBOT contacting carpet in the opponent’s SECRET PASSAGE may not contact opposing ROBOTS who are in contact with the carpet in the SECRET PASSAGE, regardless of who initiates the contact.

5) 5.4.4 - IN ELIMINATIONS, there will be no tie-breaker algorithms used for determining a winner if the match scores are tied between two alliances. The two alliances will play another match until an alliance has won two matches.

6) INSPECTION - Teams are encouraged to perform self inspection with the official inspection checklist, which will expedite the official inspection performed by inspectors.

7) BOULDERS - We will be using the Gopher boulders instead of the official FIRST boulders sold on AndyMark. Please make adjustments if this is a problem for your team.



For more information regarding the event and future updates, please visit http://wrrf.org/calgames/calgames-2016/

If you have any questions, please email WRRF: CalGames@WRRF.org