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The Warlocks recently participated in the Rochester Ruckus, an annual off-season rally that uses last year's robots and game to let new team members see what a FIRST robotics is like.

This year we traveled to Webster Spry Middle School for the event. We let all the students who wanted to drive the robot drive in at least one match. We didn't perform as well, but had a good time.

We hope all the students learned a little and whetted their appetite for the real competitions coming later.

The flier for the pizza hut fundraiser can be found here! please print and hand them out to as many people as possible. We make 20% of sales on December 20th!!

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The FIRST Kickoff on January 7th marks the beginning of the design and build season. The kickoff will be broadcast live over NASA's Television Channel from 10:30 - 12:00. Towards the end of the broadcast, Dean Kamen will reveal the 2012 game to the entire world.

The Warlocks will be watching the kickoff live in the LHS Technology wing on January 7th. It is mandatory that all team members attend this kickoff event. We will watch the NASA broadcast from 10:30 to 12:00. Afterwards we will have lunch, Receive and inspect the 2012 kit of parts, and brainstorm ideas for our 2012 robot.

The NASA broadcast will be visible to anyone having DirecTV (channel 289) or Dish network (channel 212). It is also possible that LCTV will be broadcasting the kickoff on one of their stations as well. If LCTV is not able to re-aim their NASA satellite in time for the kickoff, the Web team has set up a NASA TV feed on our website. You can view this feed here.

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Jan 7, 2012 - The 2012 FRC Competition has been released. Rebound Rumble is the 21st season of the FIRST robotics competition. The game animation can be seen here. The Game manual can be found here. Good Luck Teams!

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