Brunswick Eruption 2013

Competition Off-Season Events
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Hello, teams!
Looking to end 2013 with one last game of Ultimate Ascent?

Let’s get together at Brunswick Eruption on November 9, 2013!
From the laid back Hawaiian-esque atmosphere to some nasty
evil sundaes, we’re looking to make this our loudest,
most competitive and highly entertaining event yet!

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**Website: **
http://be.raiderrobotix.org/

Where:

North Brunswick Township High School
98 Raider Road,
North Brunswick, NJ 08902

When:
Saturday, November 9th, 2013

How to Register?
Go to http://be.raiderrobotix.org/register/

**How much?
**$200

**Any deals?
**YES – Bring a pre-rookie and you can register for $100. Bring two and you compete for free!

**Awards?
**Yes – stay tuned!

Can I volunteer?

Yes – Sign up at http://be.raiderrobotix.org/volunteer/

Team list so far:
25 – Raider Robotix – North Brunswick, NJ
222 – Tigertrons – Tunkhannock, PA
371 – Cyber Warriors – Staten Island, NY
375 – Robotic Plague – Staten Island, NY
1143 - Cruzin’ Comets - Clarks Summit, PA
1640 – Sab-BOT-age – Downingtown, PA
4299 – BCS RoboSharks – Brooklyn, NY
4505 – MECHDonogh Eagles – Owings Mills, MD

Hope to see you there. We’ll update this thread to keep you updated!

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BE last year was loads of fun, and I can’t wait to be at this year’s event!

Hope to see everyone there!

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Will there be rocket powered turtles? That would be a big draw for me.

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Update-

to date I have 14 teams registered. We are planing a huge event to make up for the Sandy tainted event from last year. Please consider coming out for a good time flippi9ng frisbees ( ahem DISCS) and climbing towers

They are

25 Raider Robotix
41 Robo Warriors
222 Tigertrons
369 High Voltage
371 Curtis Cyber Warriors
375 The Robotic Plague
395 2TrainRobotics
1143 Cruzin Comets
1279 Cold Fusion
1640 Sab-BOT-age
2590 Nemesis
3314 Mechanical Mustangs
4299 BCS RoboSharks
4505 MECHDonogh Eagles

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I think there have to be. Otherwise…false advertisement much? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Such demands! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Demands? The customers are only demanding what they see in the advertisement. :stuck_out_tongue:

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No, no - these are real Frisbee brand flying disks, so it’s OK to say it.

November seems so far away… can’t wait.

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We are already up to 26 teams. Here’s the updated team list:

25 – Raider Robotix – North Brunswick, NJ
41 – RoboWarriors – Warren, NJ
103 – Cybersonics – Kintnersville, PA
222 – Tigertrons – Tunkhannock, PA
223 – Xtreme Heat – Wanaque, NJ
223JV – Xtreme Heat JV – Wanaque, NJ
224 – The Tribe – Piscataway, NJ
271 – Mechanical Marauders – Bay Shore, NY
293 – SPIKE – Pennington, NJ
369 – High Voltage – Brooklyn, NY
371 – Cyber Warriors – Staten Island, NY
375 – Robotic Plague – Staten Island, NY
395 – 2TrainRobotics – Bronx, NY
1089 – Tteam Mercury – Hightstown, NJ
1143 - Cruzin’ Comets - Clarks Summit, PA
1279 – Cold Fusion – Somerville, NJ
1626 – Falcon Robotics – Metuchen, NJ
1640 – Sab-BOT-age – Downingtown, PA
1923 – MidKnight Inventors – Plainsboro, NJ
2554 – Warhawks – Edison, NJ
2590 – Nemesis – Robbinsville, NJ
3314 – Mechanical Mustangs – Clifton, NJ
3718 – Junkyard Battalion – New Britain, CT
4299 – BCS RoboSharks – Brooklyn, NY
4505 – MECHDonogh Eagles – Owings Mills, MD
4637 – BambieBotz – Philadelphia, PA

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Update:

There are 32 registered teams with 8 spaces left for Brunswick Eruption 2013.

25 – Raider Robotix – North Brunswick, NJ
41 – RoboWarriors – Warren, NJ
103 – Cybersonics – Kintnersville, PA
222 – Tigertrons – Tunkhannock, PA
223 – Xtreme Heat – Wanaque, NJ
223JV – Xtreme Heat JV – Wanaque, NJ
224 – The Tribe – Piscataway, NJ
271 – Mechanical Marauders – Bay Shore, NY
293 – SPIKE – Pennington, NJ
369 – High Voltage – Brooklyn, NY
371 – Cyber Warriors – Staten Island, NY
375 – Robotic Plague – Staten Island, NY
395 – 2TrainRobotics – Bronx, NY
694 – Stuypulse – New York, NY
806 – Brooklyn Blacksmiths – Brooklyn, NY
1089 – Team Mercury – Hightstown, NJ
1143 – Cruzin’ Comets – Clarks Summit, PA
1279 – Cold Fusion – Somerville, NJ
1626 – Falcon Robotics – Metuchen, NJ
1640 – Sab-BOT-age – Downingtown, PA
1640B – Sab-BOT-age – Downingtown, PA
1923 – MidKnight Inventors – Plainsboro, NJ
2199 – Robo-Lions – Eldersburg, MD
2554 – Warhawks – Edison, NJ
2590 – Nemesis – Robbinsville, NJ
2607 – Fighting Robo-Vikings – Warminster, PA
2690 – Nemesis Beta – Robbinsville, NJ
3314 – Mechanical Mustangs – Clifton, NJ
3718 – Junkyard Battalion – New Britain, CT
4281 – Bull Dogs – Branchburg, NJ
4299 – BCS RoboSharks – Brooklyn, NY
4637 – BambieBotz – Philadelphia, PA

To register your team or volunteer, please visit: http://be.raiderrobotix.org/

Hope to see you there! :slight_smile:

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With over a month until the event, Brunswick Eruption has reached its maximum capacity of 42 teams!

We’re looking for just a few more volunteers, so if you’re interested, please go sign up on our website at http://be.raiderrobotix.org/volunteer/ to reserve a t-shirt in your size. For those who have already filled out the form, we’ll be sending out confirmations of assigned volunteer roles in the coming weeks.

Finally, we’ll once again be holding a food drive to benefit the North Brunswick Food Bank and a shoe drive to recycle old footwear via ShoeBox Recycling, so please start stockpiling donations! The teams that contribute the most to each collection will receive special tiki trophies. Information on other awards will be announced shortly as the details are finalized.

Will you be at BE? RSVP to the event on Facebook!
Follow BE on Twitter @BrunsEruption](https://twitter.com/BrunsEruption).

Brunswick Eruption 12 Team List:

25 – Raider Robotix – North Brunswick, NJ
41 – RoboWarriors – Warren, NJ
103 – Cybersonics – Kintnersville, PA
222 – Tigertrons – Tunkhannock, PA
265 - Moderate Heat – Wanaque, NJ
224 – The Tribe – Piscataway, NJ
271 – Mechanical Marauders – Bay Shore, NY
293 – SPIKE – Pennington, NJ
303 – TEST Team – Bridgewater, NJ
369 – High Voltage – Brooklyn, NY
371 – Cyber Warriors – Staten Island, NY
375 – Robotic Plague – Staten Island, NY
395 – 2TrainRobotics – Bronx, NY
533 – PSIcotics – Long Island, NY
613 – Neowarriors – Somerset, NJ
694 – Stuypulse – New York, NY
806 – Brooklyn Blacksmiths – Brooklyn, NY
1075 – Sinclair Sprockets – Whitby, Ontario, Canada
1089 – Team Mercury – Hightstown, NJ
1143 – Cruzin’ Comets – Clarks Summit, PA
1279 – Cold Fusion – Somerville, NJ
1302 – Team Lionheart – Sparta, NJ
1396 – Pyrobots – Staten Island, NY
1626 – Falcon Robotics – Metuchen, NJ
1640 – Sab-BOT-age – Downingtown, PA
1640B – Sab-BOT-age – Downingtown, PA
1676 – The Pascack Pi-oneers – Montvale, NJ
1923 – MidKnight Inventors – Plainsboro, NJ
2180 – Zero Gravity – Hamilton Township, NJ
2199 – Robo-Lions – Eldersburg, MD
2554 – Warhawks – Edison, NJ
2559 – Normality Zero – Harrisburg, PA
2590 – Nemesis – Robbinsville, NJ
2607 – Fighting Robo-Vikings – Warminster, PA
2690 – Nemesis Beta – Robbinsville, NJ
3314 – Mechanical Mustangs – Clifton, NJ
3515 – Pneubotic Mustangs – Iselin, NJ
3718 – Junkyard Battalion – New Britain, CT
4281 – Bull Dogs – Branchburg, NJ
4299 – BCS RoboSharks – Brooklyn, NY
4637 – BambieBotz – Philadelphia, PA
4653 – Ironmen Robotics – Ramsey, NJ

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The following email blast was sent to team contacts this morning:

Aloha!

Are you ready to play Ultimate Ascent one last time? We believe this will be the best Brunswick Eruption yet. We’re preparing a handbook full of all the fine details, but in the meantime, here is some very important information. Mentors, please forward this to your students.

Schedule
Brunswick Eruption 12 will be starting early in order to accommodate a qualification schedule that allows 6 matches per team. Plan to arrive at 7AM. The full schedule is as follows:

7:00 AM Doors open
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Practices Matches
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM Opening Ceremonies
8:25 AM - 12:40 PM Qualification Matches
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Alliance Selection
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Evil Sundae Contest
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM Awards
2:35 PM - 4:45 PM Elimination matches
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Awards / Closing Ceremonies

Awards
This year there are two awards your team might want to prepare for in advance of the competition:

Hoku “Star” Award
Students will be asked to present an informal “five-minute pitch” to a panel of judges. The pitch should convey the various aspects of your team, in terms of sustainability and process, across the spectrum of business organization to robot design and implementation. Although the criteria for this award is broad, focus on explaining what makes your team/program special rather than trying to cram in too many details. The team whose presentation best convinces the judges of their future success will receive a sponsorship award of $1,000 dollars.*

Kumu “Mentor” Award
The Kumu Award is given to a mentor or teacher who represents hard work, persistence and ruthless dedication. To be eligible, teams must submit an essay of 600 words or less explaining how their chosen mentor goes above and beyond the call of duty for their team. Nominations can be submitted by filling out the designated form and must be received by 11:59PM on November 1st. This award is dedicated to the late Mike Wade of NASA Goddard who tirelessly drove an FRC field around the east coast to grow the FIRST program and make off-season events possible.

Other awards include Food Drive Champion, Shoe Drive Champion and our infamous Evil Sundae Survivor. For details on all, please visit http://be.raiderrobotix.org/awards/.

Stay tuned for more information and check our website to stay up to date: http://be.raiderrobotix.org/

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Some updates regarding Saturday’s event:

Early Load In
Teams will be allowed to load in on Friday, November 8th from 4pm - 7pm. At the discretion of the field crew, we may also run several practice matches Friday night.

Full Agenda
Friday, November 8, 2013
4:00 PM - Team load in begins
7:00 PM - Pits close

Saturday, November 9, 2013
7:00 AM Doors open
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Practices Matches
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM Opening Ceremonies
8:25 AM - 12:40 PM Qualification Matches
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Alliance Selection
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Evil Sundae Contest
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM Awards
2:35 PM - 4:45 PM Elimination matches
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Awards / Closing Ceremonies

Webcast
Brunswick Eruption will be webcast at http://be.raiderrobotix.org/webcast/

Live rankings: http://be.raiderrobotix.org/rankings/

Match Results: http://be.raiderrobotix.org/matchresults/

Match Results will also be tweeted from @BrunsEruption](https://twitter.com/brunseruption) using the same format as @FRCFMS.

Our mobile web app has also been updated. Visit http://be.raiderrobotix.org/mobile/ on your smartphone and follow the installation instructions to view rankings and match results during the event. [Note: This URL is slightly different than last year. Although there is a redirect in place, you may just want to re-add the shortcut to your homescreen.]

Event T-Shirts
There will be a limited number of special edition BE12 t-shirts being sold at the event. Be sure to stop by the sales table early and pick yours up before we sell out!

Team List
Due to some withdrawals, we were able to move teams off the waitlist. Here is the final 41 team list:

25 – Raider Robotix – North Brunswick, NJ
41 – RoboWarriors – Warren, NJ
102 – GearHeads – Somerville, NJ
103 – Cybersonics – Kintnersville, PA
222 – Tigertrons – Tunkhannock, PA
224 – The Tribe – Piscataway, NJ
265 – Moderate Heat – Wanaque, NJ
271 – Mechanical Marauders – Bay Shore, NY
293 – SPIKE – Pennington, NJ
303 – TEST Team – Bridgewater, NJ
369 – High Voltage – Brooklyn, NY
371 – Cyber Warriors – Staten Island, NY
375 – Robotic Plague – Staten Island, NY
395 – 2TrainRobotics – Bronx, NY
533 – PSIcotics – Long Island, NY
613 – Neowarriors – Somerset, NJ
694 – Stuypulse – New York, NY
806 – Brooklyn Blacksmiths – Brooklyn, NY
1089 – Team Mercury – Hightstown, NJ
1143 – Cruzin’ Comets – Clarks Summit, PA
1279 – Cold Fusion – Somerville, NJ
1302 – Team Lionheart – Sparta, NJ
1626 – Falcon Robotics – Metuchen, NJ
1640 – Sab-BOT-age – Downingtown, PA
1676 – The Pascack Pi-oneers – Montvale, NJ
1923 – MidKnight Inventors – Plainsboro, NJ
2180 – Zero Gravity – Hamilton Township, NJ
2199 – Robo-Lions – Eldersburg, MD
2458 – Team Chaos – Gladstone, NJ
2554 – Warhawks – Edison, NJ
2559 – Normality Zero – Harrisburg, PA
2590 – Nemesis – Robbinsville, NJ
2607 – Fighting Robo-Vikings – Warminster, PA
2690 – Nemesis Beta – Robbinsville, NJ
3314 – Mechanical Mustangs – Clifton, NJ
3515 – Pneubotic Mustangs – Iselin, NJ
3718 – Junkyard Battalion – New Britain, CT
4281 – Bull Dogs – Branchburg, NJ
4299 – BCS RoboSharks – Brooklyn, NY
4637 – BambieBotz – Philadelphia, PA
4653 – Ironmen Robotics – Ramsey, NJ

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Best of luck with your big day.
BE Awesome!

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Alliance selection results:

  1. 2590, 2591/2690, 4281
  2. 222, 1640, 271
  3. 1626, 1279, 1143
  4. 1923, 369, 375
  5. 2559, 2607, 3314
  6. 2199, 102, 293
  7. 25, 303, 103
  8. 2458, 1676, 1089

1923 declined 1626

Webcast: be.raiderrobotix.org/webcast

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Any update on this?

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Match results were posted here: http://be.raiderrobotix.org/matchresults/

Elimination Results:

  1. SF 2590, 2591/2690, 4281
  2. SF 222, 1640, 271
  3. F 1626, 1279, 1143
  4. W 1923, 369, 375
  5. QF 2559, 2607, 3314
  6. QF 2199, 102, 293
  7. QF 25, 303, 103
  8. QF 2458, 1676, 1089

Awards Recipients (via Twitter):

Gracious Professionalism “Mahalo” Award: Team 303
Hoku (Star) Award: Team 1676
Food Drive & Shoe Drive Champion: Team 806
Kumu (Mentor/Teacher) Award: Craig Evans (Team 1089)
Big Kahuna Awards: Kristian Calhoun, Mrs. Cokeley
Evil Sundae Survivor: Tyler from Team 2559

Although my team was not able to attend this event, the webcast was quite nice. Thank you to the BE web team for providing a great stream as well as live rankings and match results.

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Team 1923 had a blast this year! Thanks to 25 for hosting, and thank you to our awesome partners 369 and 375. What a way to end the season! :slight_smile:

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Our sincere thanks to the judges for selecting Team 1676 for the Hoku award. We are humbled and grateful.

Also thank you to 2458, our friends from Gill St. Bernards, for selecting us to be on their alliance. We are thankful for the opportunity and recognize the risk you took in picking us. We only wish we’d been able to pay off on that. It was great to play with 1089 again as well.

1923, 369 and 375: Wow. What a great show! Congratulations, well deserved.

But what a fight from 1626, 1279 and 1143: Great excitement from your alliance!

A short note about 375: When they left the bleachers, they didn’t leave a mess, picking up everything that was there (even stuff that wasn’t theirs). Gracious professionalism, and good manners, too.

Also congratulations to Christian, and to the “long-suffering” Mrs. Cokeley. Wayne got lucky when you found him.

And, of course, Team 25: Always a great time at BE, this year no exception. Well-run, great food, truly evil sundaes, and Koko Ed. Who could want more?

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A huge thanks to the host,but we didn’t expect anything less from 25!

Thank you 1923 for selecting us, it turn out into a great partnership! And 375:
we finally had a chance to play together on a winning alliance.
Thanks to everyone again!