Fall Classic - FRC2404

Fall Classic 2009

About

Fall Classic is an off-season FIRST Robotics Competition. The 2009 Fall Classic will be held at John Muir HS in Pasadena, CA, and is hosted by SCRRF, Team980 and Team2404. This event is open and free to the public.

Posted on Chief Delphi:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=77722

See the "2009_FallClassic_SiteInfo.pdf" attachment below for more details.

Schedule

The event will be on Saturday, September 19th.

Doors open at 8:00 AM

Opening Ceremonies begin at 9:00 AM

Practice matches begin at 9:15 AM

Qualification matches begin approx. 10:30 AM

Lunch: approx. noon to 1:00 PM

Elimination matches begin at 3:00 PM

Awards begin at 4:30 PM

Doors close at 6:00 PM

Volunteering

If you would like to volunteer for this event, please contact David Brinza at Team980@ix.netcom.com
Teams providing a Key Position volunteer (Referee, Scorekeeper) get a $25 discount for registration.

Other volunteers are needed for: Field Reset, Queuing, Pit Announcer/Administrator, DJ/Audio Visual, Concession Crew, Build Crew.

Team Registration

Register at RobotEvents.com .

Early registration has been extended to account for the short time between school opening and the event:
$150 before 6pm on Friday, September 18th
$200 at the door

If the entry fee is out of your price range but your team wants to come, please contact us to see if we can arrange a volunteership in exchange for part or all of the admission fee.
If you have a second robot you would like to bring or if you are a rookie (or pre-rookie) team, please contact LeRoy for more information about sharing robots at the event.

The Game for the public

Animation that explains how the matches and scoring works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnGfbGzEFrM

Example of a live match (from a camera on-board Team 612 robot in the NJ Finals):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJnq-_8v2SY

The Game for Team

A. The Fall Classic will play the 2009 “Lunacy” game.

         B. SCORING and RULE CHANGES
                 Scoring and rules will be the same as the official FIRST “Lunacy” with the following exceptions:

                    <G14> is eliminated. There is no penalty to teams for high scoring by alliances in matches

            C. ALLIANCE SELECTION & TOURNAMENT PLAY
                  1. If fewer than 32 teams register, the elimination tournament will be played with 4 Alliances instead of 8 Alliances. The Top 4 (or 8) Teams will be Alliance Captains.
                 2. If fewer than 16 teams register, alliances will be 3 teams instead of 4 teams. The alliance captains will have full discretion on which three teams play each match.
                        There is no requirement that all teams in the alliance play.
                    3. Alliance selection will be in forward order (1, 2, 3, ...) for the second teams, in forward order for the third teams, and in reverse order for the fourth teams.
                 4. Alliances are allowed One Six Minute Time-Out during the Tournament Play. Alliances may not give their time out to the other alliance.

Inspection and Rules

           We will be using IRI's modified FRC Lunacy rules.

Only basic inspection will be performed on previously inspected robots- come prepared to point out any major modifications, potential safety hazards, and new robots. A five-pound allowance is provided for the robots to accommodate repairs and minor upgrades. We will not weigh robots, but do expect teams to be GP regarding modifications to their robots.

Rule <G14> will not be enforced (cell count modification).

Hotels

Out of town teams can begin their search for accommodations on this map. Feel free to look for your own hotels as well. This is by no means an exhaustive search! There are no hotels associated with this event.

Economy Hotels (5 - 7 miles from JMHS)

Vagabond Inn Executive Pasadena From $89/night

1203 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91106

Phone: 800-522-1555