[NE FIRST] Connecticut Shoreline District (Groton)

Soon there will be a New England Forum, I just know it! And when that happens this thread will be moved there! I can see it now…

[wavy lines, harp music]

The Aluminum Falcons are stoked and running as hard as they can to make sure that the Groton event is going to be more than slightly Fantastic!

The school building has never hosted anything like it before, of course, and who knows what’s going to happen.

On the roster so far:

178 2nd Law Enforcers, 1124 Uberbots, 175 Buzz
2067 Apple pi, 181 Birds of Prey, 278 GUS
558 Robosquad, 236 Techno-Ticks, 230 Gaelhawks
195 Cyberknights, 571 Paragon, 78 Air Strike
125 NU-TRONs, 155 Technonuts, 2170 Titanium Tomahawks
1099 DiscoTechs, 1991 Dragons, 1699 Robocats
237 Black Magic, 3718 Junkyard Battalion, 3182 Athena’s Warriors
2836 Team Beta, 4055 NRG, 3719 STEM Whalers
3634 Hard Botties, 3654 Tech Tigers, 4557 Full Metal Falcons

I too am looking forward to this event!
I’m anxious to see how these smaller event turn out here in CT. Don’t get me wrong, the Convention Center is nice and all, but I feel that the competition will now get more intense. Obviously you can’t fit 80+ teams into a single school, so it will be significantly smaller; meaning, if teams do their scouting right they’ll be able to know everything about all the other teams and the matches will be amazing!

Glad to see the CyberKnights in the line-up. 195 is one of the teams that will guarantee a 1st-rate competition.

Well, I’m no longer affiliated with the team, ergo I can’t tell you what events they will or will not be attending simply because I do not know.
However, from my past experiences with them I can agree that they do bring some competition to these events.
But it all comes down to the game, design, (a little bit of luck), skill, and of course…proper scouting.

Completing the first 30 spaces are:
3555 Aluminati and 2064 Panther Project. Let’s see what happens when the wait-list opens.

Here’s an early draft of the main pit area, pending Fire Marshall approval. The “One Way” is specifically for robots going to and from competition.

Pits C doc.docx (470 KB)
Pits C doc.pdf (372 KB)


Pits C doc.docx (470 KB)
Pits C doc.pdf (372 KB)

I… I think this might be spam… but I’m not sure…

I’m thinking the same thing.

I reported it on a different thread.

We will have breakfast and lunch available, but no Spam.

Ooh, stakes just went up!
Welcome to the fray Rhode Warriors,121.
Plus rookies in the house:Robo Dominators 5142

So 32 out of 30 slots are taken before open season starts tomorrow.

Full list so far:

178 2nd Law Enforcers…1124 Uberbots…175 Buzz
2067 Apple pi…181 Birds of Prey…278 GUS
558 Robosquad…236 Techno-Ticks…230 Gaelhawks
195 Cyberknights…571 Paragon…78 Air Strike
125 NU-TRONs…155 Technonuts…2170 Titanium Tomahawks
1099 DiscoTechs…1991 Dragons…3718 Junkyard Battalion
237 Black Magic…1699 Robocats…3182 Athena’s Warriors
2836 Team Beta…4055 NRG…3719 STEM Whalers
3634 Hard Botties…3654 Tech Tigers…4557 Full Metal Falcons
3555 Aluminati …2064 Panther Project…121 Rhode Warriors
5142 Robo Dominators … and some other team…

This competition is going to be a learning session for many!

We’re planing the food for you. What do you think of pancakes?

Chocolate chip pancakes + whipped cream and syrup? I’m in. :smiley:

Oh boy! If this is on the menu it might be time to consider driving down! :yikes:

Wow this competition is really heating up, this reminds me of the CT Regional except maybe with even more top rate teams, it seems like every match will feel like an elimination! Especially since this will be most teams first competition and strategies will still be being developed for the game I’m excited to see how this all plays out

2 more rookie sign-ups:
5112 Skunkworks, and
5294 Industrial Revolution

Welcome aboard.

Food Update:
There shall be Chowdah!

Does anyone have a contact for the new Skunkworks team 5112? Thanks

The teams in RI have almost doubled in the last week (from 5 to 9)…this team being one of them. No idea really behind the sudden increase. I did immediately notice their name being similar to another team’s name, though! :wink:

Thanks. We are quite the distance from their area so I thought they may not of heard of us… If you do find out could you let me know? I have and will be out of the loop for awhile. I had surgery to replace a defective hip this week. Not online much

Parking Layout for the Groton Event

1st Draft

Satellite photo parking.pdf (2.17 MB)


Satellite photo parking.pdf (2.17 MB)

Parking, 2nd Draft, with locations for trailer parking (Right next to the police station!)

Parking.pdf (3.55 MB)


Parking.pdf (3.55 MB)

Up to 36 teams:

178 2nd Law Enforcers…1124 Uberbots…175 Buzz
2067 Apple pi…181 Birds of Prey…228 GUS
558 Robosquad…236 Techno-Ticks…230 Gaelhawks
195 Cyberknights…571 Paragon…78 Air Strike
125 NU-TRONs…155 Technonuts…2170 Titanium Tomahawks
1099 DiscoTechs…1991 Dragons…3718 Junkyard Battalion
237 Black Magic…1699 Robocats…3182 Athena’s Warriors
2836 Team Beta…4055 NRG…3719 STEM Whalers
3634 Hard Botties…3654 Tech Tigers…4557 Full Metal Falcons
3555 Aluminati …2064 Panther Project…121 Rhode Warriors
3280 Rhode Rebels

And welcome to the rookie teams: 5112 Skunkworks
5142 Robo Dominators…5294 Industrial Revolution…5347 Gryphons

Parking:
3rd & Final Draft!
This one has minor changes for clarity & includes the bus unloading path. The photo is also lower rez so the file won’t be 3 Mb!

Satellite photo parking lorez.pdf (821 KB)


Satellite photo parking lorez.pdf (821 KB)