General Info

PERFORMANCE ONLY TOURNAMENT

Because this tournament is very early in the season and BRC is running both a VRC and an IQ tournament on the same day, both tournaments are performance only.  What that means is that there will be no judging at the tournament and no judged awards given out. Qualifications for state will only be through the Tournament Champions awards per the Vex qualification rules for performance only events.

See http://www.berthoudrobotics.org/tournament for more tournament information.

Participation and Consent Forms

Completed/signed consent FORMS for all participants (students, volunteers, mentors and participating adults) must be turned in online or during check-in. Team leaders will need to collect the completed forms for all participants attending the event and turn them in to the checkin table before your team will be considered IN.  Forms are available on the Documents tab.  We highly recommend using the online form submission process.

Volunteer Required

Each participating team must provide at least one volunteer for all or a portion of the day.

Volunteers should sign up by sending email to president@BerthoudRobotics.org with your preferred event volunteer position(s) with your team number if you are volunteering for a particular team.  If you will need an official letter indicating your volunteer hours, please email that request to president@BerthoudRobotics.org. If using the sign-up-genius please put the team # and note if you need an official letter in the "comment" text-box on the page where you type in your email address.

Sign Up Genius for the VRC Tournament: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a45aaae22a2f94-berthoud1

We will assign positions based on the order of signing up or the arrival of your email so volunteer early to get your number one choice.

Volunteers should plan to wear a RED shirt so that you can be easily identified.

Breakfast Plans

Breakfast burritos will be available at the event but also can be purchased offsite:

• Hays Market (after 6am)
  919 Mountain Avenue
  Berthoud, CO 80513
• Mi Cocina Burritos (after 7am, call/pre-order the day before if more than 5 burritos)
  400 Mountain Avenue
  Berthoud, CO 80513
  970.344.5022

Lunch Plans

A pre-order form will be sent to each registered team as of 11/1/19.

1. Pizza [large cheese or sausage or pepperoni] (expected price $14, final price TBD)
2. Drinks will also be available with the lunch pre-order at a reduced cost

In addition, Berthoud Robotics will have various drinks and snacks available for preorder and purchase including water, diet and non-diet soft drinks (Pepsi/Coke products) and various sport drinks.  Snacks will generally be pre-packaged chips and candy bars.  By-the-slice pizza will also be available.

Preparation for the Tournament

This event is sure to be a fast paced and exciting event.  All teams should come prepared for competition.
Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure they are ready.

1. Review rules and run through the inspection checklist (see Documents tab).  Review closely the rules for using VexV5 equipment or Vex Cortex equipment.  Note also the rules on robot sizing.  The sizing rules can cause your team a lot of work early in the day if not closely followed.

2. Check the official VEX forums for rule updates and changes

3. Carefully read all of the information contained in the tournament posting on RobotEvents.com

4. Review the descriptions and criteria for the awards being given during this PERFORMANCE ONLY tournament

5. Remember that safety comes first, please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team, or others nearby as the venue is a very tight fit. Also, remember no grinding or other actions that create sparks inside the high school building.

6. Understand how the game will be played. VEX participants are more than welcome to watch the referee training videos before they attend a tournament.

7. Ensure that you have the latest version of V5 or Cortex firmware.

8. Read through the robot troubleshooting guide and follow the directions about setting up your robot during the competition.  Following the directions will avoid issues with the robots and the controllers.

9. Cell phones must have WIFI disabled during the event to avoid interference with the competing teams.

10. If you have issues with your computer or software, BRC will likely only be able to help you if your are using the Vex VRC integrated development environment.  We have limited setups to help with PROS, JAVA or Python.