Welcome to the newsletter, November 28, 2020 – Remote League Meet #1 starts tomorrow!
We hope your turkey (or Thanksgiving meal of choice) was delicious! Today, we are going to talk about our first official competition of the year.
The following teams are competing. If you are planning to compete and are not on the list, please email tsmith@firstpartners.org ASAP. If you need to back out, please do the same. We encourage any team that has a semi-functional robot and can safely meet to go ahead and compete this week, as there are no penalties for doing so and tons of benefits.
| 3638 | Atomic Shock | 11572 | Mouse Spit |
| 4250 | LIGHTSABERS | 12535 | Revolutionary Robots |
| 4266 | Makin’ Stuff Move | 12766 | Thundercatz |
| 4962 | Rockettes | 14671 | inside joke |
| 5553 | RoboComets | 14906 | Leviathan Robotics |
| 6042 | Commandobots | 15657 | Millwood Robotics |
| 9898 | Tech No Pickles | 16240 | Chargers |
| 10355 | Project Peacock | 16426 | Absolute Zero |
| 10641 | Atomic Gears | 16505 | Quantum |
| 11354 | The Midnight Ostrich Runners | 18274 | PR0J3C7 P4R4D0X |
League Meet #1 timeline
Sunday, Nov 29, 8am — Event opens for matches (https://ftc-scoring.firstinspires.org/)
Monday, Nov 30, 7pm — Drivers’ and Coaches’ Meeting (Zoom)
Saturday, Dec 5, 8pm — Match submission deadline (https://ftc-scoring.firstinspires.org/)
Sunday, Dec 6, 2pm — Match Video upload deadline (submit match videos at this link)
Monday, Dec 7, 7pm — Results and Highlights show ( https://www.twitch.tv/firstinoklahoma)
Read on for details.
League Meet #1 Drivers’ and Coaches’ meeting
All competing teams for league meet #1 should attend the Drivers’ and Coaches’ meeting! Non-competing teams are encouraged to also have a representative or two listen in so you know what’s coming for you over the next few weeks as well.
Time: Monday, Nov. 30, 7pm
Location: Virtual (specifically, this Zoom link)
Please mute yourself unless asking a question. Questions will be taken in both chat and verbally. (Note that these meetings will occur prior to the start of the rest of the events – this one was delayed due to the holiday).
League Meet #1 highlights / results show
Tune in on Monday, Dec. 7 at 7pm to see the results and some match highlights! We’ll be broadcasting at https://www.twitch.tv/firstinoklahoma and everyone is welcome to come watch and join in the chat!
How to run and score your matches
Please watch the Remote Event Scoring for Teams video by FIRST Tech Challenge prior to the Drivers’ / Coaches’ meeting and come with questions!
All scoring will be done on the FTC Remote Scoring platform (https://ftc-scoring.firstinspires.org/). If you have internet connectivity issues, please bring this up at the Driver’s / Coaches’ meeting and we’ll work with you on a back-up plan.
You can run your official matches at any time during the scoring window (Sunday 8am to Saturday at 8pm). They don’t all need to be recorded during the same meeting. For instance, if your team meets on Monday/Wednesday/Friday, you could run 2 official matches each day.
League Meet #1 video submission
Although our matches are remote, we want to make sure that teams still get to see each others’ robots and interact with each other. We ask that each team record and upload your matches. Some matches may be shown on the highlight show and we’ll also make a Youtube and/or Google Drive playlist so we can all see each others’ work. Teams can have follow-up conversations on the Twitch steam during the highlights show or on the discord server. Getting to know each other and learning from each other is a huge part of FIRST Tech Challenge!
Please be sure to upload your match videos at this link by 2pm on Sunday, Dec. 6!
Remote Event Resources
- Game Manual Part 1 – RemoteEvents: This is a pared down version of the traditional manual, with many of the in-person event rules and resources removed. Robot build rules are the same for both traditional and remote events.
- Game Manual Part 2 – RemoteEvents: The remote game manual covers the rules for a single team competing in the challenge. Rules that referred to a traditional, head to head alliance style competition are removed or altered to fit with single team gameplay.
- Remote Field Requirements Guide: This guide provides options for teams on how to set up their own remote playing field while stating the minimum requirements to compete remotely in official matches.
- DIY Field Element Guide: This guide offers detailed instructions on how to build a tower goal, return rack, and power shot out of cardboard. These items are competition legal and can be used to compete in official remote matches.
- Return Rack PDF: This is the template teams can use to help trace the return rack when building the cardboard field elements.
- Low Cost Field Perimeter Guide –Remote: This guide is optional and shows the steps on how to build a field perimeter out of PVC pipe.
Competition Questions and Answers
We’ve added a section to the web site that will hopefully answer more of your questions:
Reminder – check out the discord server to communicate with other teams!
We’ve got teams asking for help with specific things, teams offering help, and teams who are planning events that you could check out! Sign up at this link:
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