Who else is looking forward to the district at the end of the month? For some it’ll be their last chance to qualify for the MAR championship in Philly!
So who’s coming, and who out there is submitting their Chairman’s award?
See you all in a few weeks!
We just can’t get enough of George’s announcing, so we’ll be there for sure.
Mt Olive HS is a great venue, this one would be the one to visit for those interested in seeing a MAR event, or for families who think their kids might find robots cool. Make sure you bring the kids to the pits!
I had some co-workers who always hear me raving about FIRST Robotics and stopped by the Rutgers event, and found that it was far cooler than they expected. Maybe anyone around the area can coerce their co-workers to have a look-see?
Excited to compete at home with both of my new and old teams :). Some more MORT alum are also volunteering so it should be a really fun event. If anyone needs suggestions of places to eat or stay, just ask myself or anyone on 11.
We’ll be bringing our A game. See you all there!
I will be there!
Along with my two teams: 1923 and 4281! I’m very excited to see some new teams, and teams that i’ve met over the past two weeks!
Go teams!
Let’s get this thread up and running again!
With this being the last district event for MAR, it’s going to be an exciting and riveting weekend for sure!
On behalf of Team 303 we would like to announce that we will be collecting gently used unwanted cell phones and Non-Perishable food this weekend.
All donations will go to the NJ food bank, and the Cell Phone’s for Soldiers programs.
Any little bit helps, and we urge everyone attending to pitch in if they can.
PM me with any questions that you may have.
SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND!
Well I’m home for spring break chilling at my house, 5 minutes away from the high school haha. Excited for this event. 3929 will hopefully have the robot mods finished and tested for the weekend. I’m not there so I’m hoping they get it all done! 
This will be a tough competition:
11, 25, 56, 103, 222, 714, 1228, 1279, 1403, 1676 and 1923 should make it an interesting event.
I hate to hype up my own posts, but the fact we have about 15 teams on the bubble competing for spots should make it extra crazy:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1150214&postcount=36
Thanks George, I’ll remember to bring some food. To donate…:rolleyes:
Well, this IS do-or-die for many teams, and nobody’s first event, so I fully expect some of the best competition we’ll see…until Philly of course. I expect Awesome.
Not to mention, Mt Olive HS is a great venue.
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For those folks attending:**
If you are coming from Route 80 and you exit onto Rte 206 South, at the turnoff that heads to the High School there’s a Dunkin Donuts (part of a gas station). So Coffee is assured.
About 2 miles south of that spot there are several shopping areas, with a Tractor Supply plus lots more (including food). Between that spot and Rte 80, there is a Lowe’s at the ‘International Center’ (first traffic light near Rte 80) - in case of spare parts. A Home Depot isn’t far, either, in Allamuchy.
For those of you coming off of route 80 towards the school from route 46, there’s also a shopping center at the International Trade Center which has a Lowes, Walmart and more food.
The following link can direct you to any and all shopping/restaurant/lodging locations in Mt. Olive (which is composed of Flanders and Budd Lake).
http://www.flanders-nj.com/flanders_shopping.html
Please post up or shoot me a PM if you have any questions about the area.
Budd Lake Diner. Theres really no need to eat anywhere else.
I’m excited to come home and fully volunteer at an event. I honestly don’t know what its like to get to a competition and not have to worry about strategy/robot/team related things which is sad for my 12 years of FIRST. I’m looking forward to it.
Excited to watch many of my friends from the MAR region competing for a spot at the Championship.
-Brando
I really wanted to come up and watch, but we’ll be at home pre-scouting for NCR and preparing for our RCA presentation. I’m likening this competition to a Thunderdome-type atmosphere. Given the high match count per team, and how stacked the field is, the field might spontaneously combust, only to be extinguished by some dark, ominous storm cloud over the venue.
Shhh I didn’t mention it cause we don’t want it crowded by everyone else 
MORT has posted up a vistor’s guide, as well as a food order form on their website.
http://mort11.org/district/visitorsguide
There will be food for sale all weekend at the High School. They will have breakfast, lunch, and snack menus. Teams will not need to go looking for food. And here is a link from their website for pre-orders:
http://mort11.org/district/food
And this is the link to the visitor guide which has the menus:
Can’t wait to head out to Mt. Olive tomorrow. Its going to be a great event and theirs going to be a lot of familiar faces I haven’t seen in awhile throughout the competition.
Good Luck to all the teams and I hope this weekend will be very exciting.
All the best to MAR teams competing at Mt Olive this weekend!
Would someone please provide link to webcast of the event?
Thanks!
I’m 95% sure that Pascack will be providing the webcast. But I’ll confirm once I get to the even tonight.
The address is team1676.com
Team 555 will be there!
Just letting you know I’ve forwarded your request to the people involved, I’m not actually sure of that link myself.
I’ll be heading over there from Manhattan shortly.
More information from MAR’s website:
Parking map…http://www.midatlanticrobotics.com/mt-olive-parking-map/
Competition schedule…http://www.midatlanticrobotics.com/mt-olive-competition-schedule/
A few reminders…http://www.midatlanticrobotics.com/mar-mt-olive-district-event-update-324/
Please be aware that Mt. Olive High School is >NOT< particularly within walking distance of any food serving establishments, so if you did not preorder food, make sure you realize that everything nearby is probably either going to be packed or already sending us food…plan accordingly (PB&J is your friend).
A big thanks BTW to the Budd Lake Diner and all local eating establishments for past contributions of food during build season.
Hi everyone!
The stream will be posted on http://mort11.org/district/stream once it is live.
Good luck to everyone.
For those who haven’t seen it yet via Twitter or Facebook, Team 25 will be running our new autonomous mode in match 1. Be sure to tune in!