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First, I want to let everyone know we currently have 12(!!!) registered competitors. If everyone shows up I think this will be the most competitors defconbots has ever had.
For all the competitors here are a few reminders:
-There is no fee to enter DefconBots but there is a fee to get into Defcon. Defcon only takes cash at the door. Plan accordingly.
-"Can we get in free just to compete in Defconbots?" No.
- If you're shipping your robot to the hotel be careful with when and how it arrives. The hotel will make you pay to retrieve it. See: http://jotux.com/defconbots/RIO%20PA...TER%20INFO.pdf
SCHEDULE:
Thursday(7-Aug) 9am-5pm....| Practice and Track/Target Tweaks
Friday(8-Aug) 9am-5pm........| Qualifications
Saturday(9-Aug) 9am-1pm....| Finals Practice
Saturday(9-Aug) 1pm...........| Finals
Sunday(10-Aug) 3pm............| Contest Award Ceremony
You should try to come Thursday to get some practice time in. Everyone will need to qualify on Friday and it will be first-come, first-served. You can qualify as many times as you like, but if there are competitors that have yet to qualify they will be given priority.
The top four(4) qualifiers will need to come to the finals on Saturday. Saturday morning finalists may practice up until 1pm. At 1pm, we'll run the finals and determine the winner. If there are ties we'll make mods to the track to make it more difficult and run tie-breakers/sudden-death rounds. After the finals (~3pm Saturday) we'll be giving out secondary prizes, so all competitors should show up Saturday if you want to be considered for stuff.
The winner should plan on coming to the Contest Award Ceremony Sunday at 3pm. If possible, I'd also like the 2nd/3rd place winners to also come so we can give out awesome prizes in front of the big Defcon crowd.
We still haven't decided how to distribute all the prizes we have but we'll decide soon and announce it on this board. We have about $3000 worth of stuff to give away so it won't just be the top three that get stuff. Possible secondary awards may include:
-Robot most likely to cause 2018 headline, "SkyNet origins linked to 2014 DefconBots contest."
-Team that made the crappiest cat toy.
-Robot most similar to movie/video-game robot (WALL-E, TF2 Sentry, terminator, etc.)
Reply to this thread with any schedule or general event questions.
For all the competitors here are a few reminders:
-There is no fee to enter DefconBots but there is a fee to get into Defcon. Defcon only takes cash at the door. Plan accordingly.
-"Can we get in free just to compete in Defconbots?" No.
- If you're shipping your robot to the hotel be careful with when and how it arrives. The hotel will make you pay to retrieve it. See: http://jotux.com/defconbots/RIO%20PA...TER%20INFO.pdf
SCHEDULE:
Thursday(7-Aug) 9am-5pm....| Practice and Track/Target Tweaks
Friday(8-Aug) 9am-5pm........| Qualifications
Saturday(9-Aug) 9am-1pm....| Finals Practice
Saturday(9-Aug) 1pm...........| Finals
Sunday(10-Aug) 3pm............| Contest Award Ceremony
You should try to come Thursday to get some practice time in. Everyone will need to qualify on Friday and it will be first-come, first-served. You can qualify as many times as you like, but if there are competitors that have yet to qualify they will be given priority.
The top four(4) qualifiers will need to come to the finals on Saturday. Saturday morning finalists may practice up until 1pm. At 1pm, we'll run the finals and determine the winner. If there are ties we'll make mods to the track to make it more difficult and run tie-breakers/sudden-death rounds. After the finals (~3pm Saturday) we'll be giving out secondary prizes, so all competitors should show up Saturday if you want to be considered for stuff.
The winner should plan on coming to the Contest Award Ceremony Sunday at 3pm. If possible, I'd also like the 2nd/3rd place winners to also come so we can give out awesome prizes in front of the big Defcon crowd.
We still haven't decided how to distribute all the prizes we have but we'll decide soon and announce it on this board. We have about $3000 worth of stuff to give away so it won't just be the top three that get stuff. Possible secondary awards may include:
-Robot most likely to cause 2018 headline, "SkyNet origins linked to 2014 DefconBots contest."
-Team that made the crappiest cat toy.
-Robot most similar to movie/video-game robot (WALL-E, TF2 Sentry, terminator, etc.)
Reply to this thread with any schedule or general event questions.
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