Summary of changes:    To Register into an event, the Team coach will login with provided account to complete Playing At Learning’s requirements and then (once available) register into a specific event.   We have 2 leagues:  Competitive and Recreational.   Within each league, there  could be 2 or more event formats.

For All NorCal Events:

• We enable the coach to register into a tournament event (once registration is open) after BOTH the FIRST Requirements and Playing At Learning Requirements are completed:

REQUIREMENTS before Registration into NorCal tournament:

FIRST REQUIREMENTS: – on the firstinspires.org dashboard Paid FIRST registration fees as a national FIRST team with a valid team number  (5 digits or less) Two screened Coaches (Coach & Co-Coach) through Verified Volunteers and approved by FIRST Two Coaches and all Team Members listed on electronic Team Roster with accepted Consent&Release

Playing At Learning REQUIREMENTS: – using coach account on norcalfll.org created by Playing At Learning Paid Playing At Learning Event registration fees Submitted and Playing At Learning staff has reviewed Team Information Form (aka jotform) Submitted and Playing At Learning staff has reviewed a completed FIRST Team Roster

EVENT FORMATS

Right now we only have 2 Event  Formats:   Remote and Hybrid.

You will pick 1 event.    [Note for the spring Recreational League events,  we may be able to add Traditional (all in-person) events back.  Keeping fingers crossed  – we will update this page if this option becomes available.  Also, the Recreational League is unlikely to have any Hybrid events but not sure yet.]

 

Event activities	Remote	Hybrid
Event Timespan	all in 1 day	across 2 days
Opening Ceremony	yes, online  with Hopin	NO
Award Ceremony	yes, online  with Hopin	yes, online  with Hopin
Judging format	yes, online  with Hopin	yes, online  with Hopin
Robot Game play	yes, online  with Hopin	YES, in person
Pit Sharing	yes, online  with Hopin	yes, online  with Hopin
Special Fun Activities	multiple scheduled activities, online  with Hopin	1 scheduled activity, online  with Hopin
Time Commitment	all day about 10 hours total	3 blocks of time about 7 hours total

 

 

Not all events are confirmed yet.  The events will be published here once confirmed. Each event will have an “event name” related to Cargo Connect theme.

All teams will be assigned a pit slot within the event that they choose based on order of registration!   That means that the first team to register into an event will be assigned the first pit number – usually #1 (important note that Hybrid Judging2 events start at pit #25 as the first one).

REMOTE EVENTS:

Once registration opens, for Remote events, you choose 1 event day
For example:

“Remote Event –  Jan-29”

Total time commitment:   ~10 hours with breaks for lunch, etc

Schedule for Remote event

High Level Schedule

Activity	Time	Notes
Opening Ceremony	8:15am – 8:35am	all
Judging	9:00am- 2:20pm	4 teams at a time, 30 minute session
Game Rounds	8:45am- 3:15pm	3 teams at a time, 25 minute session
Fun Activities	9:30am- 3:00pm	throughout the day, 30 minutes each activity
Pit Team Sharing	3:15pm – 5:25pm	all teams attend – 2 teams share at a time, 10 minutes each
Award Ceremony	5:30pm – 6;00pm	all

HYBRID EVENTS :

Once registration opens, for Hybrid events, you select 1 Game event  AND a Judging event as a single paired event.   Note that each Hybrid Game day has 2 related Judging days.  You only choose 1.

For example:

“Hybrid Event – Game Jan-16 and Judging1 Jan-17”   OR         “Hybrid Event – Game Jan-16 and Judging2 Jan-22”

Total time commitment:   ~7hours with breaks, not including travel to/from game venue

Schedule for Hybrid event – Game and Judging1

Schedule for Hybrid event – Game and Judging2

High Level Schedule

Activity	Which Day	Time	Notes
Game Play	Day 1	8:00am – 4:50pm	6 teams at a time, 100 minute sessions
Judging Session	Day 2	8:30am- 1:55pm	4 teams at a time, 115 minute sessions
Judge Interview			scheduled within Judging session
Team Fun Activity			scheduled within Judging session
Pit Team Sharing	Day 2	2:15pm – 4:35pm	all teams attend – 2 teams sharing at a time, 10 minutes each
Award Ceremony	Day 2	4:45pm – 5;15pm	all