NorCal Smackdown

Slugbotics presents NorCal Smackdown at UC Santa Cruz!

Weight class: Antweight, Fairyweight

When: Saturday, February 4th, 2023

Where: Baskin Cir, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Weapons need a weapon safety lock. LiPo batteries must be managed and stored properly. The stream will be hosted by Slugbotics on Twitch.

Requirements for all attendees:

• Attendees must be vaccinated (please bring proof of vaccination) or provide proof of a negative test within the past three days.
• Please do not attend if you are experiencing COVID symptoms or have reason to believe you are infected.

Slugbotics' Precautions:

• This event will be held outdoors, please dress warmly if it's a cold day.
• Masks are recommended.
• We will be distancing pit spaces to the best of our ability.

Pit Space:

• Power and space will be provided for pits.

Tournament Rules:

• Following Modified SPARC General Rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xXDSJXkHBvfBLgVxA2r7ZsOnjg4UGKthaf1kO3nX4zA/
• Tournament structure will be double elimination or round robin depending on the number of entrants.

Schedule:

Safety Check-Off & Bot Check-In: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Event Start: 9:30 AM

Awards: 5:30 PM

Parking & Event Map

Instructions:

The competition will take place at Baskin Courtyard, at UC Santa Cruz. Loading/unloading will happen at Baskin Circle, and free parking is available all day for competitors and spectators across the street in the Core West parking garage.

The main arena and all safety testing will happen outdoors in the courtyard, but pit space will be provided in an adjacent classroom (Engineering 2 Room 506). Please do not solder indoors (or do any other fume-creating process), due to ventilation concerns. We will provide tables and fume mitigators outside instead. Additionally, due to university safety restrictions, leaded solder is not permitted.

Bots may not be operated outside the arena or test box, please see any of the event organizers for help with testing. When outside the arena or test box, all bots must have a weapon lock on. All bots must receive a safety checkoff by one of the designated safety officers before 9:30am (again, please talk to an event organizer for help or questions).

Please email slugbotics@ucsc.edu for any inquiries.