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Skip Morrow
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:03:15 -0500
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Hello Coaches!
A challenge update has been posted (attached here).

Link to the PDF:
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffirstinspiresst01.blob.core.windows.net%2Ffirst-in-show-masterpiece%2Ffll-challenge%2Ffll-challenge-masterpiece-challenge-updates.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CVADCFLL-L%40listserv.jmu.edu%7C25ec5ed2ea8f4df2f05508dbf10ddf49%7Ce9333c23cac742f499895cee3d4a79c0%7C0%7C0%7C638368814598443808%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FIRah8LWdRxKcSQ9bYe815Ybdf8ebm%2FK0OKyJBuKRBQ%3D&reserved=0

All season materials are available here:
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstinspires.org%2Fresource-library%2Ffll%2Fchallenge%2Fchallenge-and-resources&data=05%7C01%7CVADCFLL-L%40listserv.jmu.edu%7C25ec5ed2ea8f4df2f05508dbf10ddf49%7Ce9333c23cac742f499895cee3d4a79c0%7C0%7C0%7C638368814598443808%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WR67C%2BFi%2BnBzAG2UIheyAVbEk9HN4ZF61byGyykGTGA%3D&reserved=0

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Skip Morrow

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Christine Carroll
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:23:33 -0500
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First, a big THANK YOU to everyone who tested Masterpiece Hero 3.0 for Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead last month. Because of your input, they were able to win the Innovation Award at the Ashburn Tournament and move on to states in December.

But the iteration continues!

They modeled their game off of the organization Art Recovery International and when they came back from regionals, decided to email them with the good news. The CEO wrote them back with congratulations and a great idea on how to reboot the game to turn it into a PSA for the world's real missing art.

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Stephen Voss
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:30:00 -0500
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Our FLL team has aged out after five wonderful years, and we have a great hand-built wooden table that I'm offering for free. The table would need to be picked up in NW DC (Tenleytown), potentially this coming weekend. You'll need a large vehicle, or padding/rope to put on the car roof and I'm happy to lend a hand.

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Patsy Crocco
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 09:17:32 -0500
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Hello,

Can someone please clarify this for our team?

Do you receive points for the pedestal if it is in contact with the expert or any audience members?

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Ninad Annavaram
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 09:18:34 -0500
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Happy holiday season to you all,

We have a brand new ( Unused) LEGO Education Spike Prime Construction System ( Age 10+ ) with expansion set. Please let me know if anyone is interested in buying it discounted price.

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Raghu Ramakrishnan
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:25:59 +0000
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Hi,

Our team got selected to state championship and wanted to see if any one in the Ashburn VA area was willing to loan us the masterpiece mat/mission models for a few weeks.

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Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:08:17 -0500
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Thanks to everyone who made the Southwest Regional happen Saturday at the Higher Education Center in Abingdon. Lots of kids, energy, learning, and fun!

Kudos to the volunteers and the facility for a great day.

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Leslie B. Harper
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:38:17 +0000
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Thank you to Denyse Carroll and all the volunteers who made the qualifier at Manassas so wonderful this weekend. It was an outstanding event and ran so smoothly even with 36 teams competing. Everyone was so positive and supportive of the kids. Our team had a great time and made some memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you!

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Pankaj Sharma
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:57:47 -0500
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Team,

Hope you all are well and enjoying different tournaments. I wanted to check if anyone wants to give away or lend their mat and missions for a few weeks.

Thank you

Pankaj

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Bell, Dan
Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:00:37 -0500
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This is my first time having a team move onto states since I took over coaching at my school; what's the process for registration and getting all the details? Thank you!

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Skip Morrow
Sun, 19 Nov 2023 17:19:47 -0500
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Hello Volunteers!
What a great time we had at the Norfolk tournament on Saturday. We had a lot of fun! It was so nice talking with coaches, kids and families. And without a doubt, the Norfolk Volunteers are the best! Karen, Steve and Amanda, and everyone supporting what you are doing, thanks! The experiences these kids are getting in PRICELESS, and we could not do it without you.

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Sarisky, Cathy
Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:44:49 +0000
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Friends, I hope your FLL season has been awesome, and I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at the state tournament in a few weeks! Whether your season is over or just getting started, we'd love to add you to our directory. The kids are hoping to make it easier for teams to find other teams and for teams to find experts! Here's a message from the FROGS, who selected "FLL" as their

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Kathleen Olowin
Sun, 19 Nov 2023 13:40:38 -0500
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Can an attachment stand higher than 12 inches once inspection is done and the match is underway or do all attachments need to be under 12 inches at all times?

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VA-DC FLL Referee Advisor
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:57:56 -0500
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Teams.

Over the last two weekends and many emails I have seen from coaches has caused me to reach out to you about combining mission models.

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John Sammons
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 21:46:33 +0000
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Here are the submissions for the Norfolk tournament scavenger hunt as of 4:45 pm on November 16. Last chance to submit is 10 pm on 11/16.

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Christine Carroll
Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:33:40 -0500
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To everyone who made the Ashburn Tournament possible this past Sunday...THANK YOU SO DARN MUCH! We brought three rookie teams this year (all teens) and they all left on such a high. Hands-down our favorite part of the day was seeing all the kids do a conga line before the awards ceremony. What joy! 

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Thang Nguyen
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:33:44 -0500
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Hi,
Our team needs a FLL table for next round. The table we have, which I assembled with VEX kit, does not work very well. We are in Glen Allen.
Thank you in advance!

Regards,
Thang Nguyen

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Jodi Salley
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:23:40 -0500
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One of our teams has a long equipment piece for one mission testing the edges of the launch area. Is the black line outlining the launch area considered part of the launch area or does the robot have to be inside the white area of the launch area (can they be on the line but not beyond the line). That 1/2 of a centimeter for the black line space on the curve of the launch area and back wall makes a difference for their mission. 

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John Sammons
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 02:45:31 -0500
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The November 18 NORFOLK tournament is having a scavenger hunt and core values game. We hope this will be a FUN way to engage other teams to visit with each other.

Norfolk tournament teams are asked to complete the form below by Thursday, November 16 so we can create the scavenger hunt. Printouts of the scavenger hunt and separate core values game will be available at registration. Pencils will also be provided.

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Joanna M
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:42:45 -0500
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Hi All:
I just want to share a clarification I received from the Head Referee, Mike

Question: could we push instead of pull the boat in mission 09 of FLL tournament?

Answer: yes there's no rule that says you have to pull it or push it.

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John Sammons
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 01:41:30 +0000
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Can a team come in and each team member introduce themselves during the two minute "Welcome."

We don't want the judges to think that introduction is part of the Project Presentation. The time used to start when the team entered the room.

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C & A & S Family Account
Wed, 8 Nov 2023 22:06:02 -0500
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Due to confidential reasons, we have one team member who wants to approach the table but is not responsible for a mission run/did direct programming. We'd like to have this person at least approach the table to turn off the 'bot at the 2.5 minute cutoff. We thought we have read that only two people are allowed at each launch zone. Can we, during the run, have one technician step away from the table

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Lavanya Iruvanti
Wed, 8 Nov 2023 21:54:25 -0500
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Hello all,
For Mission 4 - the kids have placed the pedestal + art piece + 7 audience members + expert, together in a small container and the robot pushes the container to the museum target destination. Is this acceptable? My concern is that the rule book page 9 says that the pedestal may not touch any team equipment other than the art piece. so in this case, is the box considered as a team equipment?

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Scott Lieberman
Wed, 8 Nov 2023 16:11:53 -0500
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Hi all,
Is a robot attachment allowed to hang over the edge of the table when being launched from the home area? Technically it is directly above the edge of the table and doesn't stick out past it but my team is worried about it.

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C & A & S Family Account
Tue, 7 Nov 2023 19:53:31 -0500
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Can I verify something?

We are planning for our program to run with multiple executables and we know we are currently longer than 2.5 minutes. Our plans is to, ala the great British Baking Show, have the robot going until the judges say time and then sweep it off the map.

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Christine Carroll
Tue, 7 Nov 2023 12:23:08 -0500
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Hello everyone!

One of R-MA's teams this year, Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead, has created an educational video game for their innovation project they've entitled Masterpiece Hero. In it, the player is tasked with rescuing nine of the world's most famous paintings from the lair of the infamous art thief, Timmy the Terrible. To progress through the game, the player has to learn about each masterwork then take a short quiz at the end to prove their knowledge.

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srini srini
Tue, 7 Nov 2023 14:30:10 +0000
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Dear all,

We would like to share our team's Innovation Project - and kindly request 1 minute to fill in the below survey using below link.

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srini srini
Tue, 7 Nov 2023 02:50:28 +0000
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Hello,

Where can I find the Robot runs scores for different teams in last week’s FLL events? Atleast scores for teams which progressed to next rounds?

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Martha Wild
Mon, 6 Nov 2023 20:35:13 -0500
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We have a full team— 10 members— and I was wondering if we could use two robots so that more kids could have a chance to program missions.

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srini srini
Mon, 6 Nov 2023 16:53:39 +0000
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Hello Judges,

For Mission - m02- Theater scene change, what is the starting color position of the color ball / pointer. ? Page no.8 shows blue in the picture. Kindly confirm.

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Surya Kodukula
Sun, 5 Nov 2023 14:57:08 -0500
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Reading the rules 'During the Match, Inside home section'
Point 3 says : Technicians may not
'Hand aything from one home area to the other' -

Can a team start in left launch area, complete a mission x,y,z and end up in the right launch area. If their next mission wants to start in the left launch area, can they move the robot from the right launch area to the left and then continue the mission?

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Surya Kodukula
Sat, 4 Nov 2023 13:12:13 -0400
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As part of Mission 04, can the Pedestal, and the expert be attached to a flag lego base plate and moved into its target position ?
I have seen some other mission videos uploaded to youtube, that attached audience onto another lego brick/plate and deliver, so was wondering what rules apply here.

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John Sammons
Sat, 4 Nov 2023 16:28:15 +0000
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Can the expert model be placed loosely in a container and not be touching the mat?

Thanks!

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Manish Jain
Sat, 4 Nov 2023 12:23:23 -0400
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Hi everyone,

Our team (crestechnik) is in need for 7 ultrasonic sensor for older ev3 kit for our innovation project. We are in fairfax area. Does some one have older sensors to spare? We will happy to pick them up. We will return them after the competition.

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