CTRL PDX: Lights Out!

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Welcome to CTRL PDX: Lights Out! Spectators and competitors of any skill level are welcome! Bot check-in starts at 8:00 and fights will start at 10:30. To make the event run as efficiently as possible, please arrive with your bot read to pass safety and compete. The schedule and other relevant information will be listed below and in the Discord.

 

THIS IS NOT JUST ANY EVENT!

Welcome to Lights Out! We're leaning into the Halloween vibe and turning off the overheads for this event! You are expected to light up your bot to see around the arena; blacklights will line the arenas. Check below for specifics on the rules for our SPARC modifications!

Not only that, but we're hosting TWO SEPERATE COSTUME CONTESTS; A BOT COSTUME CONTEST and a HUMAN COSTUME CONTEST (Open to spectators). There will be prizes available to both!

Also, the event will be held in a bigger space than previous events! If you have been to a CTRL PDX event in the past, it's the same building, but in a room about 3x the size of the Tinkercamp room and just down the hall, in Room 300.

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Schedule:

Please note that the schedule will start earlier than usual, as to not go too late into the evening.

8:00 - 10:00	Check in and safety
10:00 - 10:15	Driver's meeting
10:30 - 1:45	Fights
1:45 - 2:30	Lunch break
2:30 - 6:30	Fights Resume
6:30 - 7:30	Teardown

The schedule is a loose estimate of how the day will go. Things are subject to change.

Safety:

To pass safety, your bot will need to be weighed and demonstrate that it can failsafe. For safety purposes, if a robot’s battery is exposed to its opponent, that robot will lose the fight. In the event of a lipo puncture or fire, we will have a lipo bucket with kitty litter and tongs, as well as someone nearby who can run the bucket out of the building. You must also demonstrate that your robot has can move controllably. You may be asked to drive your robot to different areas of the arena during your safety check to demonstrate that you can control your robot.

Arena:

We are using 2 arenas for this event! Fairyweights and Plastic Antweights will be in our 4'x4' Arena. FC Antweights and Beetleweights will be in WAR's 8'x8' Arena.

Our 4x4 arena has an untreated steel floor. There is a shelf hazard in the corner of the arena; if you are put onto the shelf, you'll be counted out.

WAR's 8x8 arena has a steel textured floor. There is a pit with a lip that is open for the entirety of the match. If you are put into the pit, you'll be counted out.

Rules:

We will be using a modified Sparc ruleset for fairyweight, plastic antweight, antweight, and beetleweight. We are allowing all weight bonuses outlined in the Sparc ruleset. Fights are 3 minutes long.

Lights Out Modifications:

If robots have an reasonably bright LED that is within 20 degrees of the horizontal plane of the arena while settled (AKA an LED facing out instead of up or down) they will qualify for a weight bonus specific to the weight class as listed below.

Lights Out Weight Bonuses:

Fairyweight	15g
Plastic Antweight	25g
Antweight	25g
Beetleweight	25g

 

 

 

Fighting Format: The tournament will use a modified double elimination bracket. If a weight class has fewer than 6 robots, we will do a round-robin tournament for that weight class.Our weight classes and maximum class sizes are:

Fairyweight	24 bots
Full Combat Ant	24 bots
Plastic Ant	32 bots
Beetleweight	24 bots

If there is a high demand, we may increase the number of robots allowed in a weight class.

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Prizes: 

Prizes will be announced at a later time as we look for sponsors for this event!

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Entrance Fee: 

Builders will be charged a $20 entry fee per robot. This is to offset the cost of our box, improve builder experience, and to purchase other materials. A portion of this money will also go to the event space. You can pay at the event or ahead of time in cash or here on the RCE website. If you cannot pay this fee, please let us know and accomodations can be made.

Spectators will also be asked to contribute a suggested donation of 10 dollars.

Entry to the building: There are two ways to get inside; through a back door (the code is 03834) and a short path inside the building to our space, or through the front entrance on Baltimore Ave, up the stairs, and look for room 300 on the map. The back door comes up when you search  6700 N New York Ave in Google Maps, or as 9010 N Decatur St on Apple Maps. More information on how to get to the event space can be found on our discord. 

 

Happy building! See you there!