Registration 2012

[Akash Rastogi]

Some interesting events: Boston (125, 233), Chesapeake (27, 217), NYC (125, 1676, 2016), Orlando (25, 233).

[Mark McLeod]

Waitlisted Regionals now:

Arizona Regional
Autodesk Oregon Regional
Pittsburgh Regional
BAE Systems/Granite State Regional
Boilermaker Regional
WPI Regional
SBPLI Long Island Regional
Midwest Regional
FIRST Championship
Greater Kansas City Regional
Smoky Mountain Regional
San Diego Regional
Finger Lakes Regional
Sacramento Regional
Los Angeles Regional
New York City Regional
Waterloo Regional
Boston Regional
Seattle Cascade Regional
Silicon Valley Regional
Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional

[Madison]

I was just able to register for Autodesk Oregon Regional. Not sure if they've opened up some spots or if something went horribly wrong.

[Gary Dillard]

I can't get to the FIRST website - must be really busy after school today.

Chris - we'll make room for you in our pit at Smoky Mountain.

[Doug G]

FIRST site is back up. Spokane regional has reached capacity.

[Mark McLeod]

A few more Regionals have gone to waitlists with 333 teams appearing on 2nd event team lists:

Orlando Regional
Colorado Regional
Washington DC Regional
South Florida Regional
North Carolina Regional
Spokane Regional
St. Louis Regional

[PayneTrain]

Wow. Site goes down when I'm trying to register my team for the North Carolina Regional, only to come back and find that both it and the DC Regional are closed.
This certainly is not good.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Wow. Site goes down when I'm trying to register my team for the North Carolina Regional, only to come back and find that both it and the DC Regional are closed.
This certainly is not good.

Don't give up too easily. It's worth communicating with the two Regional Directors to discover what your chances are of getting into each of the events.

I'd guess North Carolina could potentially fit in 12 more teams and DC another 10.

Originally Posted by Madison

I was just able to register for Autodesk Oregon Regional. Not sure if they've opened up some spots or if something went horribly wrong.

Oregon seems to be immediately rolling the teams right over onto the team list.
They've listed 9 teams past their initially advertised capacity.

#teams past initial capacity (i.e., from the waitlists) / Event

• -9 Autodesk Oregon Regional
• -6 Pittsburgh Regional
• -4 Boilermaker Regional
• -4 BAE Systems/Granite State Regional
• -2 SBPLI Long Island Regional
• -2 WPI Regional
• -1 Midwest Regional
• -1 Waterloo Regional

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Don't give up too easily. It's worth communicating with the two Regional Directors to discover what your chances are of getting into each of the events.

Don't just ask how likely it is. Provide some information about why you want to attend that particular regional, with details like travel time/distance restrictions and conflicts with other weeks' events. That'll give the regional planning committee some information to work with when prioritizing the waitlisted teams.

One trick you might use immediately is to look at how many teams attended last year and compare it to the number of teams currently registered. That can give you an indication of how many "reserved" slots the regional has.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Don't give up too easily. It's worth communicating with the two Regional Directors to discover what your chances are of getting into each of the events.

I'd guess North Carolina could potentially fit in 12 more teams and DC another 10.


Oregon seems to be immediately rolling the teams right over onto the team list.
They've listed 9 teams past their initially advertised capacity.

#teams past initial capacity (i.e., from the waitlists) / Event

• -9 Autodesk Oregon Regional
• -6 Pittsburgh Regional
• -4 Boilermaker Regional
• -4 BAE Systems/Granite State Regional
• -2 SBPLI Long Island Regional
• -2 WPI Regional
• -1 Midwest Regional
• -1 Waterloo Regional

Do you have any idea who the 9 teams that were wrongfully registered for Oregon are?

I received an email from the Oregon RD saying that our ability to register was a mistake. We're waiting to hear from New Hampshire about the next step, but she didn't seem aware that the problem extended beyond just us.

[KevinGoneNuts]

Hi I have a question regarding rookie team registration.

I just registered a rookie team and we're wait listed at Silicon Valley. I want to register/get on the wait list for the Sacramento Regional, but the Add event option does not come up and I know second event registration time has come.

Anything I can do?

[Wayne Doenges]

Team 1501 is going to the Smoky Mountain and Boilermaker regionals. Yay!!!!

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by KevinGoneNuts

Hi I have a question regarding rookie team registration.

I just registered a rookie team and we're wait listed at Silicon Valley. I want to register/get on the wait list for the Sacramento Regional, but the Add event option does not come up and I know second event registration time has come.

Anything I can do?

Call HQ. They are super helpful and will work it out. I would also expect you will hear from the regional director. It makes no sense having a rookie team that has nowhere to play.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Call HQ. They are super helpful and will work it out. I would also expect you will hear from the regional director. It makes no sense having a rookie team that has nowhere to play.

Take John's suggestion.

Theres often "reserved" spots that are set aside at each regional specifically for rookie teams to be able to compete.

-Brando

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Madison

Do you have any idea who the 9 teams that were wrongfully registered for Oregon are?

I looked and the bad news is that the other 8 are lawfully registered rookie teams. They appeared gradually after Oregon went to waitlisted on October 5.
It looks like Oregon can accommodate 2 more teams. The downside is that they may not be out of rookies yet.

Originally Posted by KevinGoneNuts

Hi I have a question regarding rookie team registration.

I just registered a rookie team and we're wait listed at Silicon Valley. I want to register/get on the wait list for the Sacramento Regional, but the Add event option does not come up and I know second event registration time has come.

Anything I can do?

Call FIRST and straighten it out with them.
They are there to help.