RAMP RIOT 2009 : The Official Thread

Competition Off-Season Events
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RAMP RIOT 2009
10th Annual Robotics Competition
Sponsored by NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center

Saturday November 14, 2009
Wissahickon High School,
Ambler, PA
Pits Open at 7 AM
Event Open 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

**Preliminary Details: **
• 2009 Game Rules
• 36 Team Limit
• Early Registration Fee $200 (Paid by 8/14/09)
• Regular Registration Fee $250 (Due by 10/1/09)
• Note: We usually sell out by early August!

**Special Events: **
• Prizes, Live Radio Station, Face Painting, and Charity Food Drive
• FTC Scrimmage
• Interactive Girl Scout Program

Register at www.team341.com or email the team using the info below:
Contact: Team 341, c/o Alan Ostrow
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 215-619-8112, ext 2956

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Ramp Riot is definitely one of my favorite off season competitions!
I’ll have graduated but I will still be coming!! It’s just that awesome! I can’t wait!

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To All Potential Ramp Riot Teams:
Attached is a list of early registrations. Please verify the list for accuracy. We have updated our online registration system and want to ensure that it is working properly. Please let me know if there are any errors.

To register online, please go to
http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

Good luck in the upcoming off-season!

Al Ostrow

**Ramp Riot 2009 **
20 Registered Teams with 16 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

153 Pre-Rookie Slot

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

272 Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

316 Lunatecs, Salem County College

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

423 SCR Robotics, CHS, SHS, Eastern

484 Haverford Robotics, Haverford HS

708 Hard-Wired Fusion Hatboro-Horsham

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

816 Panthers, BCIT

834 Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1048 Mustang Robotics

1168 Malvern Robotics, Malvern Prep

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

1893 High Tech Parrots, Baltimore Polytech

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

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To register online, please go to
http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

**Ramp Riot 2009 **
22 Registered Teams with 14 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

153 Pre-Rookie Slot

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

272 Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

316 Lunatecs, Salem County College

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

423 SCR Robotics, CHS, SHS, Eastern

433 Firebirds, Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy

484 Haverford Robotics, Haverford HS

708 Hard-Wired Fusion Hatboro-Horsham

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

816 Panthers, BCIT

834 Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1048 Mustang Robotics

1168 Malvern Robotics, Malvern Prep

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

1640 Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown HS

1893 High Tech Parrots, Baltimore Polytech

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

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To register online, please go to
http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

Welcome Teams 224, 539, and 2234 !

**Ramp Riot 2009 **
25 Registered Teams with 11 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

153 Pre-Rookie Slot

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

224 Piscataway HS

272 Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

316 Lunatecs, Salem County College

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

423 SCR Robotics, CHS, SHS, Eastern

433 Firebirds, Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy

484 Haverford Robotics, Haverford HS

539 Titans, Trinity Episcopal School

708 Hard-Wired Fusion Hatboro-Horsham

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

816 Panthers, BCIT

834 Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1048 Mustang Robotics

1168 Malvern Robotics, Malvern Prep

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

1640 Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown HS

1893 High Tech Parrots, Baltimore Polytech

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

2234 Episcopal Academy

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

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About what time should teams arrive? The only problem for us is the travel time, other than that I should expect us to be signed up soon!

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We would love to see Mort return to Ramp Riot!

Opening ceremony is at 8:45 - 9:00 AM
First match goes off at 9:00 AM Sharp

The doors open at 7 AM and practice matches run from 7:15 - 8:30 AM.
We usually design the practice schedule based on travel distance, so you would be towards the end anyway. (Farther going last) But if you miss your practice it is OK. As long as we know you are on the way to the event, we will put you in the match schedule.

Hope you can make it!

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Can’t Wait! Ramp Riot was a blast last year and I’m sure it will be the same this year:] There are quite a few vids on youtube from it and I can’t wait for this year’s fun!:slight_smile:

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To register online, please go to
http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

Welcome Teams 103, 271, 303, 768, and 2729 !

**Ramp Riot 2009 **
30 Registered Teams with 6 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

103 Cybersonics, Palisades HS

153 Pre-Rookie Slot

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

224 Piscataway HS

**271 **Mechanical Marauders, Bay Shore HS

**272 **Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

303 Panther Robotics Bridgewater-Raritan HS

**316 **Lunatecs, Salem County College

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

**423 **SCR Robotics, CHS, SHS, Eastern

433 Firebirds, Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy

**484 **Haverford Robotics, Haverford HS

539 Titans, Trinity Episcopal School

**708 ** Hard-Wired Fusion Hatboro-Horsham

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

768 TechnoWarriors, Woodlawn HS

816 Panthers, BCIT

**834 **Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1048 Mustang Robotics

**1168 **Malvern Robotics, Malvern Prep

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

**1640 **Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown HS

1893 High Tech Parrots, Baltimore Polytech

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

**2234 **Episcopal Academy

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

2729 Storm Robotics Team, Lenape and Cherokee HS

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Man, Ramp Riot is always so much fun! I can’t wait to show what 423 is made of!

BTW, our team name isn’t SCR (is that for Springfield Cheltenham Robotics?) anymore; in fact, it never was. We’re called The Simple Machines now; we actually came up with that idea during Ramp Riot 2008, which is kind of funny when you think about it.

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To register online, please go to
http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

Welcome Team 2528 !

**Ramp Riot 2009 **
31 Registered Teams with 5 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

103 Cybersonics, Palisades HS

153 Pre-Rookie Slot

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

224 Piscataway HS

**271 **Mechanical Marauders, Bay Shore HS

**272 **Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

303 Panther Robotics Bridgewater-Raritan HS

**316 **Lunatecs, Salem County College

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

**423 ** Simple Machines, CHS, SHS, Eastern

433 Firebirds, Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy

**484 **Haverford Robotics, Haverford HS

539 Titans, Trinity Episcopal School

**708 ** Hard-Wired Fusion Hatboro-Horsham

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

768 TechnoWarriors, Woodlawn HS

816 Panthers, BCIT

**834 **Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1048 Mustang Robotics

**1168 **Malvern Robotics, Malvern Prep

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

**1640 **Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown HS

1893 High Tech Parrots, Baltimore Polytech

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

**2234 **Episcopal Academy

2528 RoboDoves Western HS

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

2729 Storm Robotics Team, Lenape and Cherokee HS

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Will there be a webcast for the event?:smiley:

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To register online, please go to
http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

REVISED 5/19/09

Welcome Team 2791 !

**Ramp Riot 2009 **
32 Registered Teams with 4 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

103 Cybersonics, Palisades HS

153 Pre-Rookie Slot

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

224 Piscataway HS

**271 **Mechanical Marauders, Bay Shore HS

**272 **Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

303 Panther Robotics Bridgewater-Raritan HS

**316 **Lunatecs, Salem County College

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

**423 **SCR Robotics, CHS, SHS, Eastern

433 Firebirds, Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy

**484 **Haverford Robotics, Haverford HS

539 Titans, Trinity Episcopal School

**708 ** Hard-Wired Fusion Hatboro-Horsham

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

768 TechnoWarriors, Woodlawn HS

816 Panthers, BCIT

**834 **Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1048 Mustang Robotics

**1168 **Malvern Robotics, Malvern Prep

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

**1640 **Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown HS

1893 High Tech Parrots, Baltimore Polytech

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

**2234 **Episcopal Academy

**2528 **RoboDoves Western HS

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

2729 Storm Robotics Team, Lenape and Cherokee HS

**2791 **Shaker Robotics, Shaker HS

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Yes. We will most likely use the webcast system from last year. The system worked well for our first try and I am sure we will look at improvements.

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Have you guys thought about any rule changes for Ramp Riot? I am a huge fan of the changes for the Robo Showdown in TX.

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Phil:
Have not thought about it too much yet, but I am sure we will make a few changes. Generally we try to make only the changes to things that drove everyone crazy during the regular season. (i.e. 2008 line violations)
We want to keep the game as close to original as possible.
We will most likely eliminate G-14, but we will probably not make a final rules document until early September. I will take a look at the thread you suggested.

Thanks!

Al Ostrow

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To register online, please go to
http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

REVISED 6/17/09

Welcome Teams 1712 and 2753 !

**Ramp Riot 2009 **
34 Registered Teams with 2 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

103 Cybersonics, Palisades HS

153 Pre-Rookie Slot

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

224 Piscataway HS

**271 **Mechanical Marauders, Bay Shore HS

**272 **Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

303 Panther Robotics Bridgewater-Raritan HS

**316 **Lunatecs, Salem County College

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

**423 **SCR Robotics, CHS, SHS, Eastern

433 Firebirds, Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy

**484 **Haverford Robotics, Haverford HS

539 Titans, Trinity Episcopal School

**708 ** Hard-Wired Fusion Hatboro-Horsham

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

768 TechnoWarriors, Woodlawn HS

816 Panthers, BCIT

**834 **Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1048 Mustang Robotics

**1168 **Malvern Robotics, Malvern Prep

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

**1640 **Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown HS

**1712 **Dawgma, Lower Merion HS

1893 High Tech Parrots, Baltimore Polytech

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

**2234 **Episcopal Academy

**2528 **RoboDoves Western HS

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

2729 Storm Robotics Team, Lenape and Cherokee HS

2753 Team Overdrive, Teen Technology

**2791 **Shaker Robotics, Shaker HS

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Just ONE spot left! :slight_smile:

To register online, please go to
http://www.team341.com/rampriot/register.php

REVISED 6/21/09

Welcome Team 369!

**Ramp Riot 2009 **
35 Registered Teams with 1 Spaces Left and 0 teams on the Waiting List

103 Cybersonics, Palisades HS

153 Pre-Rookie Slot

222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS

224 Piscataway HS

**271 **Mechanical Marauders, Bay Shore HS

**272 **Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS

303 Panther Robotics Bridgewater-Raritan HS

**316 **Lunatecs, Salem County College

341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS

365 MOE Robotics, Engineering Club

369 369 Nuts & Volts, Grady Tech HS

**423 **SCR Robotics, CHS, SHS, Eastern

433 Firebirds, Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy

**484 **Haverford Robotics, Haverford HS

539 Titans, Trinity Episcopal School

**708 ** Hard-Wired Fusion Hatboro-Horsham

709 Femme Tech Fatale, Agnes Irwin School

768 TechnoWarriors, Woodlawn HS

816 Panthers, BCIT

**834 **Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS

1048 Mustang Robotics

**1168 **Malvern Robotics, Malvern Prep

1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy

1391 Metal Moose, Westtown Friends

1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS

**1640 **Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown HS

**1712 **Dawgma, Lower Merion HS

1893 High Tech Parrots, Baltimore Polytech

2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD

**2234 **Episcopal Academy

**2528 **RoboDoves Western HS

2607 RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS

2729 Storm Robotics Team, Lenape and Cherokee HS

2753 Team Overdrive, Teen Technology

**2791 **Shaker Robotics, Shaker HS

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what ftc game is going to be scrimmaged?? the 2008 game “face off” or the new one that will be announced in september?

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It will definitely be the new FTC game. The object of the RR scrimmage is always to prepare the teams (mostly NJ teams) for their upcoming FTC regionals.

Hope to see you there!