This is mostly for any teams in the CT and MA areas, but anyone who is interested can get information too, as always
Aces High team 176 from Windsor Locks and Suffield will be holding its annual pre-shipping scrimmage at Suffield High School in, you guessed it, Suffield, CT On Feb. 19th, 2005. Yes, just days before shipping!
We have sent out invitations to teams who have registered and participated in years past, and we still have room to expand.
As usual we will have an official FIRST field, however, this year we are asking a $50 registration fee. Sorry guys! Only $50 to see how your robot will function in the real competition
Food will be available in the facility too. Mmmm, food… it will probably be most of the stuff you had six in the previous six weeks, but it is food!
You can reply to this post to let me know if you are interested, or you can have your team e-mail me at [email protected]
It would probably help if you knew who I was, huh? This is Janine Fournier, a senior on the Aces High team. Hope to hear from y’all soon!
121 will be there instead of quincy this year for two reasons. UTC Scrimage is an official field and the matches are structured not just a free for all. See everyone there.
RAGE will be there! We’ve had it on our calendar for a long time now… this is always a lot of fun, a great way to test out your robot/human players/drive team… Thank you Aces High for hosting this event again for us!
lol, sorry to anyone who felt left out. If your team is willing to drive in, you are welcomed to come! I guess we made ourselves look silly in thinking that it was only teams nearby that would want to drive it.
More contact information
Leslie Marx is the mentor on my team taking care of invites and the teams who are coming so feel free to e-mail her also at [email protected]
Basically, if you have not received an invite, sent an e-mail to her and, as I mock the great Yoda, much information you will receive.
And by the way… A cool kid table exists in the world of FIRST? Bah, no way!
Just out of curiosity, since we will be recieving our team LED’s at our first regional event what should we do for the scrimmage ? should we bring last years led’s ? Rather will the competition system allow for us to run the robot without the proper led’s?
I would say bring your old led’s just to be on the safe side. Good question though, especially since everything is set up through FIRST including the scoring system I believe.
I’m thinking of bring my team and bot even if its a long haul from New York City. I was wondering how many teams are showing up as of now, and when can we register till. We have a problem of unfinished robots that have kept us from attending scrimmages in the past but this year looks to be shaping up differently. crosses fingers
As of the e-mail we received last night, there are twenty teams competing in the UTC Scrimmage this year. Organizers are suggesting we bring LEDs from last year. If you PM me I will put you in touch with Team Organizers…
Sorry, I was mistaken. I love the fact that there are two scrimmages going on for the New England Area. This is why us New England teams do so well in the real comps. Looks like 121 will be sending a scout group to UTC Scrimmage and the robot to Quincy. I will be leading the scout group so I’ll see everyone there.
Team 716 will be attending the UTC scrimmage. In past years it has been very valuable for us to get a chance to practice, test, and redesign when necessary.
This is an awesome event and I encourage teams to attend. Even if all you can bring is an old robot, a partially completed robot, or a prototype robot, you will get a better idea of what the game will be like, give you an upper hand on your strategy, and find out what aspects of your robot will need improving. It is a good way to see where your robot’s design limits lie… because it is better to break your robot now, than it is to break it later when you wont have much time to redesign.
I hope to see more teams attend this event than I have in the past!
Even though 782 won’t be competing in this years competition (it’s been a hard 6 weeks of withdrawl) I will be there to get my fix. What time does it start/end?
Yeah…we’ll be there…last year we learned about some very important things that needed to be fixed on our robot, and the experience in a competition setting is extremely valuable.
88 will be there… The first time in our existance that we have had a working robot in 5 weeks… technically 4 becasue we missed a week of school/build due to snow…
