Nebraska's Last Call VEX V5 HS Only - Override

General Info

Nebraska's Last Call VEX V5 HS Only - Override
Invite-only tournament for teams still chasing State. Please do not be the team still wiring a motor at the doors.

WHAT IS THIS?

Nebraska's Last Call VEX V5 HS Only - Override is a high school VEX V5RC tournament for teams that have not yet qualified for the High School State Championship. It’s a traditional tournament: Qualification Matches, Alliance Selection, and Elimination Matches.

This is the last call for State qualification. After this tournament, the door closes, the lights go out, and your robot goes back to being a very expensive paperweight until next season. Whatever you’ve got left in the tank, bring it here.

There is no judging. Nobody will quiz you about your engineering notebook, and nobody will ask you to explain your design process in four minutes flat. Your robot does the talking, and the scoreboard does the grading.

WHO CAN ATTEND (A.K.A. HOW TO GET IN)

This tournament is only for teams that have not yet qualified for the High School State Championship. Every seat is filled in the order teams sign up:

1. Sign up for the waitlist. Your registration time is your place in line.
2. We approve teams one at a time, in registration-time order. No skipping, no favorites, no bribery by snacks.
3. Each team is checked at the moment its turn comes up. We approve only teams that have not already qualified for State, through a Championship or a Judged Award. If your team has qualified, we’ll skip you and move to the next team in line. (Congratulations, by the way.)
4. The event holds 32 teams. Once all seats are filled, remaining teams stay on the waitlist in case a spot opens up.

If your team qualifies for State after you’re approved, you will not keep your seat. This event is only for teams still chasing a berth, so the seat is released to the next team on the waitlist and your fee is refunded in full.

Being on the waitlist is not a guaranteed spot. It’s a place in line, and the line moves.

ROBOT SKILLS: LEAVE IT ALL ON THE TABLE

We’re building the day so there is plenty of time to run skills, so there’s no excuse to leave runs unused. Each team gets up to three (3) Driving Skills runs and three (3) Autonomous Coding Skills runs. That’s six chances to prove the code you wrote at 2 AM actually works.

Run all of them. Every run is a chance to raise your score, so don’t save anything for later, because there is no later. Your skills score is your best Driving run plus your best Autonomous run, so a lucky run counts and an unlucky run costs you nothing. Go big. Try the risky routine. Leave it all on the table.

Skills runs are first-come, first-served, and any runs you don’t use before the skills fields close are forfeited. Skills fields open at 8:00 AM for any team that has passed inspection. Teams may choose to record a Skills Stop Time as a tiebreaker. Tell the Scorekeeper Referee before each run that you’re opting in. There are no do-overs.

INSPECTION

Every robot must pass inspection before its first Match. Inspection is open during check-in, so please don’t show up with five minutes to spare and a robot that has opinions about its own dimensions.

WHAT TO BRING

• Your robot (non-negotiable)
• V5 Brain, controllers, and charged batteries
• Tools, spare parts, and the zip ties you swear you’ll have
• A scouting sheet and a student ready for Alliance Selection
• Your approval confirmation
• Optimism, in bulk

A MESSAGE TO OUR PARTICIPANTS

Programmers: Your autonomous worked perfectly in the lab. We believe in you. The field has a different opinion. Please calibrate your sensors.

Drivers: Breathe. The Pins are not your enemy. (They are a little bit your enemy.)

Builders: Yes, tighten the screws again. You know which ones.

Scouts: Your clipboard is now the most powerful object in the building.

Coaches: Thank you for your patience, your caffeine supply, and your remarkably calm face when a wheel rolls off mid-match.

QUESTIONS?

Contact Jeffrey Brady at [email protected]. We promise to answer faster than your robot says “Disconnected.”

The Event Partner is not responsible for robots that tip over out of sheer nerves.

Grade Level: High School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: No Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: No