General

The Battle O' Baltimore is Maryland's first team hosted off season event. The Battle is sponsored by the FIRST Baltimore Area Alliance (FirstBAA), an alliance of teams across the Baltimore area. These teams have united to share resources such as finances, knowledge, and valuable mentors.

Our information packet is available for download here in Adobe PDF format: Battle O' Baltimore Information Packet. (Updated - 05/23/11)

Awards

The 2011 Battle O' Baltimore awards have been released! Please click here for a complete list.

Rule Changes

As we usually try to do, we have added some twists to this year's game to give it a special Baltimore flavor. The last 20 seconds of each game, signaled by the field control system, will offer two bonus scoring opportunities. Successful deployment and ascension of each minibot (before time expires) will earn teams a flat 20 point bonus.

Additionally each alliance will be given two special "crab rings" that can be deployed on the field within the final 20 seconds, and each such ring successfully hung on the alliance rack will earn an additional 20 point bonus.

2010 Award Results

2009 Award Results

2008 Award Results