Brunswick Eruption 11
November 3, 2012
at
North Brunswick Twp. HS
North Brunswick, NJ
for all the details see our website at
We already have 8 teams rostered!! Register today and we will deal with all the formalities in September!!
Hi everyone,
We have some exciting BE updates!
For starters, the Brunswick Eruption website has received a new look. Check it out at http://be.raiderrobotix.org/.
Next, volunteer sign-ups are starting to trickle in. If you’re interested in joining our team, fill out the volunteer form on the website. Some available positions include referees, queuing, field reset, photographers, field set-up/take-down, and much more. The form is short and open-ended, so let us know how you would like to help!
BE is filling up quickly. As of today, we have 22 registered teams:
25 Raider Robotix
222 Tigertrons
224 The Tribe
271 Mechanical Marauders
303 TEST Team
341 Miss Daisy
358 Robotic Eagles
369 High Voltage
375 The Robotic Plague
533 The PSIcotics
1089 Team Mercury
1143 Cruzin’ Comets
1807 Redbird Robotics
1923 MidKnight Inventors
2458 Team Chaos
2590 Nemesis
3314 Mechanical Mustangs
3607 Technologic
3637 The Daleks
3718 Junkyard Battalion
3929 Atomic Dragons
4281 Bulldogs
An updated team list is being actively maintained on our Event Info page. If you’ve already registered and don’t see your team listed within 1-2 business days, please send me a PM here or contact us via e-mail.
Finally, please “Like” the event on Facebook and follow @BrunsEruption](https://twitter.com/#!/brunseruption) on Twitter! Let us know what you would like to see at BE this year. Have a rule change suggestion? Idea for a workshop? We want to hear it! 
Hey, everyone! We are now up to 27 teams registered which means things are filling up really quickly considering we are still ~4.5 months from the event. This, of course, means two things:
- Register now to guarantee you’ll have your spot! Don’t worry about payment right away–as Mr. Cokeley mentioned in his above post, we will take care of all that when school restarts in the fall.
- With this year looking like we will reach our cap of 40 teams, we need all the volunteers we can get! Register to volunteer to get on board!
Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on twitter to stay up to date with all the other exciting news as plans are finalized. We are currently working on coming up with some fun rule changes, planning some workshops, and, of course, formulating this year’s Evil Sundae recipe.
Mahalo!
Has this filled up yet?
Hi Brandon,
There are still 7 spots left. We currently have 33 teams registered and are hoping to reach our maximum capacity of 40 teams in the fall. We would love to have 2495 come play with us!
Thanks, see you there!
Hey, all! We now have a general info mailing list for Brunswick Eruption 11! If you’d like to stay up to date on everything happening at BE11, sign up here for that list!
In related news, we will be releasing information about the various awards/workshops/other activities we have planned this year and whole bunch of other updates fairly soon!
Also, as you may have noticed, we are nearly at full capacity already so be sure to reserve your spot at BE as soon as possible! To register, head over here.
The full updated team list is:
25 Raider Robotix
103 Cybersonics Technology Team
222 Tigertrons
224 The Tribe
271 Mechanical Marauders
303 TEST Team
341 Miss Daisy
358 Robotic Eagles
369 High Voltage
371 Curtis Cyber Warriors
375 The Robotic Plague
533 The PSIcotics
613 Neowarriors
888 Robotiators
1075 Sinclair Sprockets
1089 Team Mercury
1143 Cruzin’ Comets
1279 Cold Fusion
1640 Sab-BOT-age
1676 The Pascack Pi-oneers
1807 Redbird Robotics
1923 MidKnight Inventors
2180 Zero Gravity
2458 Team Chaos
2495 Hamilton West Robotics
2554 The Warhawks
2590 Nemesis
2607 Fighting Robovikings
3167 Environmental Tectonics Crusaders
3314 Mechanical Mustangs
3607 Technologic
3637 The Daleks
3929 Atomic Dragons
4281 Bulldogs
888A Robotiators Pre-Rookie
As you can see, we have some really awesome teams attending this year’s event as well as at least one prerookie (with a few others potentially looking to come as well).
Attention teams,
Today registration for Brunswick Eruption 11 reached a record 39 teams!
Since school has just started, we have decided to close open veteran team registration at this time. We will be reserving the remaining 3 spots for potential pre-rookie teams. Veteran teams are encouraged to continue to register online through the event website and those who do will be placed on a waiting list. As we near closer to the event, if any spots become available, we will invite teams from the waitlist to attend BE on a first-come, first-served basis.
Additionally, an e-mail blast will be sent to the list of currently registered teams, as well as our mailing list, in the near future.
Thank you for your cooperation and for making this the largest Brunswick Eruption yet!
Registered Teams:
25 Raider Robotix
41 RoboWarriors
103 Cybersonics Technology Team
222 Tigertrons
224 The Tribe
271 Mechanical Marauders
293 SPIKE
303 TEST Team
341 Miss Daisy
358 Robotic Eagles
369 High Voltage
371 Curtis Cyber Warriors
375 The Robotic Plague
533 The PSIcotics
613 Neowarriors
806 Brooklyn Blacksmiths
888 Robotiators
1075 Sinclair Sprockets
1089 Team Mercury
1143 Cruzin’ Comets
1279 Cold Fusion
1302 Team Lionheart
1640 Sab-BOT-age
1676 The Pascack Pi-oneers
1807 Redbird Robotics
1923 MidKnight Inventors
2180 Zero Gravity
2458 Team Chaos
2495 Hamilton West Robotics
2554 The Warhawks
2590 Nemesis
2607 Fighting Robovikings
3167 Environmental Tectonics Crusaders
3314 Mechanical Mustangs
3607 Technologic
3637 The Daleks
3929 Atomic Dragons
4281 Bulldogs
888A Robotiators Pre-Rookie
Team 2607 is ready to rumble! (Rebound Rumble, that is :yikes: )
Glad to see BE is kicking butt! Hopefully someday I’ll get back up there, with team or with self.
3929 is excite.
I must say the same for us kind sir. Will be my first time there, looks like an amazing teams list, and ohmygod evil sundae is the best idea on the east coast.
Hey everyone! We have some exciting news from BEHQ!
We are pleased to announce the first ever Brunswick Eruption Facebook Photo Contest. The rules are simple:
- Always practice safety first.
- All photos must appropriate.
- You don’t necessarily have to be in uniform, but it should be obvious which team you are with (i.e. a display of team colors, number, mascot, or some other indicator should be in the photo).
- Your photo should feature at least this year’s robot.
- Photos must be submitted by midnight on October 27th.
- To submit, upload your photo to Brunswick Eruption’s Facebook wall and include your team number in the post.
- Be creative! Remember, you’re not just preparing any old off-season—Brunswick Eruption is the ultimate November New Jersey Hawaiian robotics getaway!
Upload your photo to Brunswick Eruption’s Facebook wall and they will be added to our Facebook Photo Contest album. Full details are available at http://be.raiderrobotix.org/facebookcontest.html.
Each team that enters will receive 50 Aloha Award points and the team with the most likes will earn a whopping 250 points!
Good luck!
If anyone is interested in a collaborative scouting effort:
1640 is going to have a very bare-bones crew at Brunswick (because we’re volunteering here), but we’d love to loan someone a few scouts hopefully in exchange for sharing information. Even if you wouldn’t want to share the actual info, there are several teams with great systems that my scouts would love to work on/learn from. Reply or PM if you’re interested! Thank you
PM-ed!
PM sent. We are open to answer anything you want about our system!
Hello all!
I’ve had the honor of working with the Brunswick Eruption crew this year on volunteer management and some event coordination.
That said, please VOLUNTEER! I’ve still got some roles to fill.
http://be.raiderrobotix.org/volunteer.html
See you guys soon!
I’d also like to remind everyone of the awesome awards we are giving away at this year’s BE!
One of them is the Aloha Award, which is a scavenger hunt designed to get teams to show their spirit for their team, FIRST, and BE. Some tasks can be completed at the event, while others require some preparation. The list of challenges is available at http://be.raiderrobotix.org/alohaaward.html.
Secondly, we will be honoring Mike Wade, a longtime NASA employee and friend of FIRST who was a driving force behind the growth of off-seasons in this area. His most notable and outstanding characteristics were his hard work, persistence, and ruthless dedication to FIRST. We encourage teams to submit a 600 word essay nominating a mentor from their team who they believe embodies those characteristics as well. The deadline for the Mike Wade Memorial Award is this Saturday, October 27. Essays can be submitted at http://be.raiderrobotix.org/mikewade.html.
I signed up to volunteer today. First time going back to BE since the borderline-loony 1618+2458=4076 run of 2007. I’m excited!
That’s a shame Billfred, because this year a last minute, unavoidable engagement has me unable to attend BE for the first time in 8 years. But I guess it is good that you’re volunteering, I am sure Libby is apreciative.