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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Hello!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">As RoboCup is getting closer and closer, we would like to give a few updates regarding the competition! </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Ball Placement Technical Challenge</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">In an email a long time ago, we stated that the Ball Placement Technical Challenge would be mandatory for all teams in division
B. Given that we are not using division this year and we only mentioned this in the TC rules, not in any email, we have decided to not make it mandatory for this year.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">So far, we have interpreted the type of the technical challenge based on past division participation. If you wanted to participate
in the blackout challenge, but never participated in division A, please let us know.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Providing Referees</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">As usual, teams are expected to provide referees for matches. The rules specify four roles: Primary referee, assistant referee,
game-controller operator and vision expert. We do not need the vision-expert this year.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Each match will have a primary and a secondary team assigned for being referee. The primary team will provide the primary referee
and the GC operator, the other will provide the assistant referee.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">However, both teams should be prepared to provide two people, because in case the primary refereeing team does not show up
in time, the secondary team will take over and thus needs two persons.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Updated Schedule</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">We updated the schedule to make the group stage a bit less dense. By increasing the time between the matches, we had to redo all referee assignments.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Take a look at the new schedule:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:624px;height:388px"><img width="624" height="388" style="margin-top:0px" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/05rIIMWIsSj-KqlkAfIwo-w8ULEiOmfYrFeR1B6A25Fg1Ed-9XW9iUkZDEF81Fow6F_I-Y3P2tTidhnCQQKOAWDZfPal1nRuj8Oyg1VnDejqozlcAAdhQq0bOV_GWDtMfDZEX5PI"></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">When TC / OC are scheduled as referees, these are placeholders for the automated referee assignment. This happens when every team is either playing a match, having their rest, or is already
refereeing at that time slot. We will need additional volunteering teams to cover these. This is especially relevant at 21-06-21 13:00, where we have scheduled 3 placeholders. Please let us know if you can help us cover those :) Hopefully, the schedule shouldn’t
change anymore for the group stage.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Procedure documentation</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">We have added the detailed procedure and requirements for the hardware challenge in the rules, see
</span><a href="https://robocup-ssl.github.io/ssl-hardware-challenge-rules/rules.html#_requirements"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">https://robocup-ssl.github.io/ssl-hardware-challenge-rules/rules.html#_requirements</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">and
</span><a href="https://robocup-ssl.github.io/ssl-hardware-challenge-rules/rules.html#_general_rules_and_procedure"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">https://robocup-ssl.github.io/ssl-hardware-challenge-rules/rules.html#_general_rules_and_procedure</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Scenario JSON-files for all challenges are also included in the repository:
</span><a href="https://github.com/RoboCup-SSL/ssl-hardware-challenge-rules"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">https://github.com/RoboCup-SSL/ssl-hardware-challenge-rules</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">You are allowed to touch your software between each trial to initialize the scenarios, but you are not allowed to change anything
for the scenario execution itself in between a challenge.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">We found this to be the most practical procedure. Please be fair and respect these rules.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">We also added the procedure for the referee of the virtual tournament matches to the website:
</span><a href="https://ssl.robocup.org/robocup-2021-virtual-tournament/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">https://ssl.robocup.org/robocup-2021-virtual-tournament/</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Demonstration match</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">We plan to do a demonstration match on the weekend to show how everything works with the virtual infrastructure. We will also
record it so that everyone can watch it again.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Stay tuned for more detailed information.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Reminder: Access to the virtual environment</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">We’d like to remind you that you can test the virtual tournament setup already. The servers are reachable here:
</span><a href="https://virtual.ssl.robocup.org/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">https://virtual.ssl.robocup.org/</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">You need to provide your customized container and your robot specs via pull-request as mentioned in previous mails. You can
have a look at PRs from other teams to get a better idea of what you are supposed to submit:
</span><a href="https://github.com/RoboCup-SSL/ssl-simulation-setup/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">https://github.com/RoboCup-SSL/ssl-simulation-setup/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">As soon as you have submitted both, ask for the credentials for your team, either via Discord per private message to Nicolai,
or by email to the TC and OC mailing list.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">RoboCup Events</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">The general organisation of the RoboCup organises several events during the week. The events and the times they take place
in UTC are:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Opening Ceremony: 23th of June, 13:00-14:00 </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Symposium Keynote Speaker 1: 23th of June 14:00-15:00</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Symposium Keynote Speaker 2: 25th of June, 13:30 - 14:30</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Symposium: 28th of June, 7:00-21:00</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Major/Junior Award Ceremony: 28th of June, 12:00-13:00</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">The schedule can also be seen
</span><a href="https://2021.robocup.org/participants/schedule"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">.
The schedule for the symposium can be seen </span><a href="https://2021.robocup.org/symposium"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">These events will be hosted on underline.io. A link will be sent later. Attendance at these events is not mandatory, but is
expected.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Please direct all inquiries to the Small Size League Organizing Committee:
</span><a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none">rc-ssl-oc@lists.robocup.org</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400">Thank you!</span></p>
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