Does anyone know if the Dallas Regional is actually going to be a double event and if so is it two separate events at two separate locations or is it one location running 2 fields?
It’s official. The Dallas Regional has moved from Week Four to Week Six and is being planned as a double event. For right now we’re calling the two events Dallas East and Dallas West, but that might change in the near future. The date will not change again.
If you plan to register for a Regional event in Texas, you should know there are a large number of Texas grants this season requiring Texas teams compete at Texas events. In order to accommodate this requirement, Texas Regional events will be closed at second registration (i.e., all teams that register will be put on a wait list.) We will move teams from the wait lists into the events once we determine there are spots available. Priority will go to Texas teams with no other events. If we find there is significant interest, Dallas may go to a second event regional.
Uh, yeah, but one would assume that if there is a need to wait list teams until December 15th there would be at least some interest in Dallas beyond the extensive list of TX rookies. What FIRST defines as “significant interest” is unknown, hence why I was asking what other teams (besides ourselves and 359) are wait listed. I’m also still unclear if Dallas does become a “double regional” if that means one location with 2 fields or two separate locations. For example: one in East Dallas and one in West Dallas as the original BB seemed to imply. The Dallas event listing only refers to “Dallas Convention Center” yet VIMS seems to have a Dallas event and a Dallas West event where you can sign up to volunteer.
I will answer your questions the best I can but I make no guarentees as to the answers.
Significent amount: Probably more than 30 wait listed. There are 52 teams at Alamo, 51 at Lone Star and 46 at Dallas. I don’t see them rearranging teams to fit 10 participants in Dallas.
The other double regionals (MN, WA, ON) have two different regionals close to each other, the farthest I think is just across the street. I would guess since everything is bigger in Texas, they will find a location that houses two events in one building.
I believe it’s a single-regional not a double, and the last time I checked I was pretty sure it was full(Though more than half of the teams were pending). Looks to be a large and rookie filled regional based on what I saw.
Lots of un-inspected robots at the end of the day. Im hoping they remember the rule, that if they show up the entire alliance gets a red card… Id make sure to discuss that with alliance partners throughout the day.
Other than that the regional looks great, and with the exception of 148, there seems to be a pretty even “high-tier” bracket. I’m expecting some good matches.
Red cards are only alliance wide in the eliminations. In quals, they only DQ the team that’s carded. The red card on an uninspected team is to prevent a team from recording any wins if they’re not inspected.
EDIT: As helpfully pointed out below, this isn’t true for a red card issued for an alliance having an uninspected robot on the field. That does get the whole alliance dq’d.
<T03> A TEAM will only be allowed to participate in a MATCH and receive qualification, ranking, and Coopertition points only if it has passed inspection. If it is learned after the start of the MATCH that a TEAM did not pass inspection, the TEAM’s entire ALLIANCE will receive a RED CARD for that MATCH.
If a team does not pass inspection, and shows up on the field, the whole alliance gets a DQ.
If a team passes inspection, but no one from that team shows up on the field, such as a robot breaking down during qualifications, only that team receives a DQ.
Whoops. Mea culpa. I’d forgotten that detail of the new rule. I think must operate under the assumption that there’s no way an uninspected team would try to get on the field, or get past the queuers or everyone else looking out for that. Thanks for the double barrelled correction.
Are you going to http://www.dallasfirstvideo.com?
Once you’re there, you have to actually hit the play button on the flash video and wait through a short ad.
If you’re not seeing the flash video, you have an internet or browser problem. I’m using Google Chrome and it’s working fine for me so you might try that, or updating Adobe Flash.
Dallas Regional was a lot of fun and very well run. I hope everyone has a chance to come and compete at the Dallas Regional sometime in your future. It is a great venue with great volunteers and easy access in and out of the event.
I’d like to give a special shout out to FRC 647, the Cyber Wolves - your dancing, energy, and spirit kept me smiling throughout the entire regional competition. Congratulations on a job well done. Also, thank you, FRC 3529, for the special button that your troop leader gave me. I look forward to seeing you guys at a Texas event next year!
