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Challenge submission opens MARCH 1st at NOON PST.

HOW IT ALL WORKS
CAPTAINS: How to schedule a full length bout or 30m challenge at RollerCon:

1. Get an idea for two teams together. You can do that on our forum, on facebook, using google forms or any other way you’re comfortable. Here’s a sample google form with all the questions you will need to ask your potential roster. If you have gmail, you can use it to make your own roster form.
2. Make a copy of our roster template to create your roster.
3. Decide on a team name, then agree (with the other captain) on jersey colors, skill level, and if you want your game to be all female, all male, or have no gender restrictions.
4. On March 1st at 12:01PM PST, you will be able to submit your challenge(s). Info you need to fill it out is below.
5. We start scheduling immediately going through the form chronologically using your schedule requests.
6. Scheduled challenge captains will receive an email confirmation.
7. Once all the challenges have been scheduled, we’ll post a notification on facebook and in our groups to let everyone know the schedule is filled.

CAPTAINS: How to get ready for the Challenge Submission Form:
Info you need handy:

1. Two captains’ info, including:
   1. Both their legal and skate names,
   2. Both THEIR (not just your) UNIQUE emails and cell numbers. We’re not dumb; if both captains have the same email & phone, the challenge will be skipped.
   3. BOTH CAPTAINS MUST HAVE ROLLERCON PASSES. They can be sponsor, staff, previously deferred or BPT-purchased passes, but they must have already purchased or signed up for them. Our system will not allow you to complete the form until it verifies both captains.
2. Two teams, including the name of both teams & jersey colors.
3. A skill level for your challenge.
4. Single sex or co-ed
5. You don’t need a completed roster to submit a game for scheduling. You DO need a roster document, though. We will share a template with you, which you must copy, rename, add captain contact info and share with us to get scheduled. It can be otherwise blank.  Challenge captains don’t have to populate rosters with skaters until they’re due 7/15, but if you want to get upgraded to full length bout, it helps to have skaters in there. We request that full length bout captains try to get their rosters done before June 1st so we can sell charity tickets for those games. 

If you’re missing any of that info when you fill out the form (or you try to game the form, for example, by putting in the same person as both captains), we don’t schedule you – we just move on to the next *complete* form. 

PLAYERS: How to get on a challenge team:

1. Get on the forum and look for challenges in your skill level that you’re interested in.
2. Make friends in RollerCon groups and tell everyone you’re interested
3. Come to RollerCon ready to drop in (scroll down for more info) with a highlighted schedule of challenges for your skill level (and/or gender) and appropriate color jerseys. Introduce yourself to stressed out looking captains and tell them how much you love jamming.

About RollerCon Challenges

• RollerCon Challenges are open for viewing to all RollerCon passholders and RC passholders only. Your mom cannot get a bout ticket to see you unless she has a RollerCon pass; only passholders can enter the facility.
• Any scrimmage-safe MVP or Skater pass holder with validated insurance can skate or captain a Challenge.
• A small handful of A-level Challenges will be promoted to 60-minute Bouts at the schedulers discretion. Not many (because there aren’t many slots available for them). We look for interesting themes and multi-year history.
• Flat track challenges are 30 minutes in duration and are otherwise played by WFTDA rules unless arranged otherwise. Details below.
• Banked track challenges are 2 x 15 minute periods and are played by RDCL rules, unless listed otherwise.
• Prospective Captains *who meet the criteria and preparation requirements below* can sign up here on March 1st when the forms go live. If you want to be the first to sign up, get the notification tweet by texting “follow Rollercon” to 40404.
• Lots more info below. Please read it BEFORE you email us!

CAPTAIN INFO

1. All captains must be RollerCon attendees with Skater, MVP, Sponsor or Volunteer MVP or Skater passes. We check. If your captains don’t have passes, we don’t schedule you. Off Skates Convention Passes do not allow you to skate.
2. Familiarize yourself with the RollerCon skating eligibility requirements, which all members of your team must meet.
3. Determine who you’re going to play and challenge them.
4. Collect skate name, legal name, and contact info for captains of both teams
5. Decide on team theme and contrasting jersey colors for both teams. This year we’ve listed color choices that include
   Black
   Beige or tan
   Blue (aqua or turquoise)
   Blue (dark), Blue (light)
   Blue (royal)
   Brown
   Burgundy
   Gray/Silver
   Green (dark)
   Green (grass)
   Green (lime)
   Green (olive or camo pattern)
   Orange
   Pink (hot)
   Pink (light)
   Purple, Red
   White
   Yellow/gold

   If your choice falls outside this range, please email our Officials Management Team at rollercon@gmail.com to request it in advance.

6. Agree on a single-sex or gender-unrestricted team match-up
7. Brush up on RollerCon Skater Skill Level Definitions and determine your team skill level range. Your choices are A, A – B, B, B – C, C.
8. You can recruit players for your team. Gather their contact info! You can put your roster together with anyone you want that meets the requirements above.
9. Challenge Captain Roster Submission (& more) Info
10. Make sure your players know how to get in touch with you. We will not give you or them any contact info, period.
11. We allow large rosters because often skaters don’t show up. You don’t HAVE to play with 20 or 14 – you can play with less, if you choose. The officials are the final word about (small) roster size. If they determine that you do not have enough players to start or finish a challenge safely, they will stop (or not start) the game.
12. We will not schedule a captain more than twice, so if you’re already captaining two challenges, you should find someone else to captain the rest of the teams you want to play on. We struggle to give everyone a fair chance and there are far more teams than challenge slots.

At RollerCon

1. Bring your own helmet panties. Yes, we have some. But people roll off with them, so don’t count on ours. It doesn’t matter if they match your shirts. It does matter that the pivot and jammer match colors exactly and that the colors on the panty are contrasting (so that the star and stripe are visible).
2. Please make sure you and your players are all familiar with the Player info, below.
3. PLEASE TAKE TEAM PHOTOS OFF THE TRACK so that the next teams can warm up. And #rollercon them. Thanks!

CHALLENGES:

1. 30 min Challenges are scheduled in 45 minute slots. Skater warm-ups and badge check are in the first 15 minutes. No skater may join after badge check.
2. Challenge period clocks NEVER STOP.
3. Teams may use one time out and one review, but that time comes out of their playtime. The last jam ends naturally, but no jam will start after the time slot ends.
4. If the challenge starts late for any reason, the time is shaved off the end of that challenge. We stick to our schedule.
5. Skaters foul out after 4 penalties.

FULL LENGTH BOUTS

1. Full length bouts regulation bouts are played by WFTDA rules and procedures with the addition of 20-rosters unless planned by another ruleset in advance.  Sanctioned games are played with 14-rosters.
2. Warmups are usually scheduled on C3, so bouts start on time. No skater may join a bout after badge check.

PLAYER INFO

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Before RollerCon:  You will need to get on a team, which most people do through our forums and facebook groups. Prepare yourself: Make sure you meet the RollerCon skating eligibility requirements. All players must be RollerCon attendees with Skater, MVP, Sponsor or Volunteer MVP or Skater passes. We check. Off Skates Convention Passes do not allow you to skate. Brush up on RollerCon Skater Skill Level Definitions and determine your skill level. Find a team (or teams) that suit you. A good place to start is the RollerCon Challenges Forum on facebook. Don’t freak out about how many teams there are. We have lots of slots, and a lot of those “full” teams are likely to have plenty of slots for drop in players on the day of the Challenge. Regular challenge rosters are managed 100% by the captains. You must communicate with them, NOT with RollerCon. We don’t monitor or manage their rosters at all. Yes, we have them. No, we can’t give them to you. If you signed up for a roster, you need the captain’s contact info. Yes, we have their emails, but we will not give out any private contact info (including yours), so please don’t ask. At RollerCon: Make sure you know which Get Ready area belongs to your team. Come prepared with the right color shirt with a 6″ or larger number permanently on the back. The same number must also be visible to the officials on your arm. “Permanently” means its heat-pressed, ironed on, sewn, painted or markered-on legibly. Sagging, taped-on numbers will not be accepted. Safety pins are not accepted and are considered a hazard. Numbers written or painted MUST BE LEGIBLE. You may play in someone else’s number or jersey as long as your number matches every number the officials can see on your uniform and body. What that means is that if your shirt has a number “1,” numbers on your helmet, armbands or otherwise MUST also be “1.” If you are playing in someone else’s jersey, you may tape over the number on your helmet and put the shirt number on your arm in sharpie. Be on time. You may not join a challenge or bout after badge check, period. Bring your bag to the track. Stow it under your Team Bench chairs. Please do not leave your shit spread out all over the gear up area, which serves 4 tracks and a lot of people. Bring your badge and ID to Safety Check (then stow it with your bag, after) Full gear is required of all humans wearing skates. Skates on last, off first.

DROP-IN PLAYERS
Captains often fill their rosters in advance, only to find that players don’t show up at game time. Las Vegas takes no prisoners. Many challenges (especially first year teams) take on drop in players during the event to fill those spots. You can be a drop in player if:

1. You meet the RollerCon skating eligibility requirements (ie proof of  insurance, skating pass, etc).
2. Your Skill Level is within the range that captain reserved. All team matchups have a listed skill range.
3. You meet any other criteria the captains have determined
4. You have the right color shirt with a permanent number
5. The captains have room and want you. Hint: almost everyone loves extra jammers.

BOUT & CHALLENGE SCHEDULING CRITERIA & PRIORITIZATION

Full length Bouts

• All the full-length bouts are A level. Its possible but very unlikely that A/B level bouts may be scheduled (the theme would have to be MAGNIFICENT).  No teams at a lower skill level will be scheduled for full-length bouts.
• Teams with historically stable rosters and / or high-profile matches, such as Team Vagine vs Caulksuckers and Magic Mike vs Chippendales fall next in priority. Teams that consistently draw high advanced seating ticket sales, or *really* especially great themes we believe will draw are prioritized first.
• Premium Sponsors are our next priority, and get the next pick of available spots. We allow for only 5 Premium Sponsors per year and they frequently play each other, so that’s usually only a couple of bouts.
• We look for the very best themes and players for the rest of the new & returning matchup bouts. Teams with great themes and great very high level players like Bitch Please vs Side Eye, hosted by the Black Skaters Network, and Drag Kings vs Drag Queens are selected first because the bouts feature super fun, bombastic, funny or imaginative themes and feature rosters of top 10 – level advanced players going head to head. We’re looking to book things that everyone wants to watch (not just play in). So make it great if you want a chance at a full length bout.
• “Real team” matchups are prioritized next – real teams are defined as single-league teams and sometimes cross-league single region teams, such as Australia vs Colorado, or regional teams that play in tournaments like State Wars and World Cup. Teams that travel farther and/or have shown history of drawing better will get prioritized. If they have great themes (ie Australia’s Budgie Smugglers), they usually get scheduled earlier in the batch of great themes, above.
• There are +/- 20 full bout slots. Its extremely unlikely that a new team (that doesn’t fall into one of the categories above) with no RollerCon history will be scheduled into one of them. It is decreasingly likely that the low-draw, longer-history matches will be scheduled for bout slots, as well. Sorry, guys.
• Please don’t email any RollerCon staff member to ask them to schedule your bout in advance. It doesn’t matter if you’re a giant derby star; we can’t do it because we get too many requests. Sorry.
• We will not schedule a captain more than twice, so if you’re already captaining two challenges, you should find someone else to captain the rest of the teams you want to play on. We struggle to give everyone a fair chance and there are far more teams than challenge slots.

Single Period Challenges

• Challenges will be *mostly* scheduled in the order they were received, taking the captains’ scheduling preferences into account as much as possible.
• We do our best to match the general proportions of the self-reported skill levels, gender and other relevant info you give us when you purchase your ticket, as well.
• Higher skill level matches will be prioritized in higher-traffic hour slots.
• All other things being equal, multi-year rivalries *may* be prioritized to hot slots, as well. “May” means “may not,” as well. There are a LOT of multi-year rivalries, so there are no guarantees, especially when it comes to the same handful of captains trying to book multiple slots.
• As we get closer to filling the schedule, we look closer at the themes and teams.
  • Themes that sounds super interesting, or a rivalry that has great visual appeal (costumes, makeup, lots of supporters that dress up, basically things that are more fun to watch), or gives under-represented players or overworked staffers a chance to play (think something like Dicks vs EMTs) – may be prioritized higher than their first-come, first-served slot, especially likely to move up a few notches over black vs white themes that are unlikely to draw a crowd.
  • Teams that have already gotten scheduled more than once may be prioritized lower to let more teams have a chance to play.
• Almost everyone wants Fri / Sat; so naturally teams that are more flexible in their schedule tend to get the last few spots, as well, over teams that have a lot of days marked unavailable.
• The Wednesday, Sunday, late night and early morning spots are the very last to get filled, so teams that don’t want those spots get skipped for teams that have said they’ll play anytime.

Can you believe we tracked and reported scores for so long? We have 8 tracks now, so we can’t do it anymore. But we’re leaving past scores for posterity & ancient bragging rights.

RollerCon 2013 Bout and Challenge Results (and bonus MVP winners!)

RollerCon 2012 Challenge Results (30 min challenges only)

ROLLERCON 2011 Challenge Results

• Sugar & Spice 44 vs. Dogs Chasing Tails 71
• Convicts 43 vs. The Popo 41
• Family Guy 66 vs. Robot Chicken 12
• Griffendor 65 vs. Slytherin 31
• Star Wars: New Hope 36 vs. Star Trek: Next Generation 65
• Skateful Dead 56 vs. Rednecks 22
• Silver Tongue 27 vs. Sailor Mouths 145THURSDAY
• Med Rare 24 vs. Leafy Greens 61
• Hellazona 50 vs. Great Lakes 75 **
• Chuck Norris 41 vs. Walker, Texas Ranger 43 **
• Zombie 117 vs. Robot 32
• Team USA 171 vs. Team AUS 15
• Squares 54 vs. Floozies 79
• Starbucks 93 vs. Buck You Stars 40
• Flamingos 126 vs. Gnomes 12 **
• Crippled Cocks 59 vs. Awesomely SeXy 33FRIDAY
• Team PICKA 62 vs Penis Paceline 52
• Old School 39 vs Whippersnappers 84
• Posers 38 vs Photo Bombers 83
• Cat’s Pajamas 62 vs Puppy Pile 63
• Krispy Kremes 33 vs Dunkin’ Donuts 71
• Nortenos 70 vs Surenos 25
• Androids 83 vs iPhones 37 **
• Derbalife 44 vs Herb for Life 63 **SATURDAY
• Fresh Meat 38 vs Green Horns 53
• Borderland 94 vs Heartland 82
• Science 81 v Art 41 **
• F*ck Your Face 104 v Bad Ass 41 **
• Sobers 81 vs Drunks 48 **
• Star Trek 88 vs Star Wars 47 **
• Rainbow 54 vs Goths 105 **
• Teachers 62 vs Dropouts 63SUNDAY
• WOW Alliance 39 vs WOW Horde 67 **
• Coed Cripplers 95 vs Gramercy Refs 33
• Coed Cripplers 26 vs Cocks in the Hen House 25
• Wasted 57 vs Team 420 58 **
• Animals 43 vs Celebrities 34 **
• Black 80 vs White 40

**Full stats were collected for training purposes for most Challenges, and the stats folks are still working on them, but… don’t hold your breath because they’re busy with actual tournaments and stuff, too. If we do end up posting the full Challenge stats, don’t expect them to be accurate for the ones with these symbols:
* Full Bouts with stats entry issues: rosters late, too many on roster, or in progress.
** Challenge bouts: will not be entered, too many on roster or roster received by stats after deadline.

ROLLERCON 2010 Challenge Results:

• Edward 40 vs Jacob 25
• Wife Beaters 41 vs Wives 29
• Bacon 50 vs Fakin Bacon 49
• Chalksuckers 57 vs Vagine Regime 50
• Brat Pack 47 vs Chocolate Chip 31
• Puppy Pile 46 vs Cats Pajamas 20
• Back Asswards 46 vs Ass Backwards 41 (in reverse!)
• Android 65 vs iPhone 63
• Mitten Kittens 55 vs Toronto (ToRD) 21
• USA Bikinis 68 vs Canadian Eskimos 34
• Amazons (W) vs Short Bus (L)
• Pink Flamingos (W) vs Garden Gnomes (L)
• Flat Track (W) vs Banked Track (L) (on flat track)
• Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails (W) vs Sugar & Spice But Nothing Nice! (L)
• Co-Ed Cripplers 72 vs Gramercy Refs 27
• Itty Bitty Titty Committee 61 vs Over the Shoulder Boulder Holders 40
• F*ck Yr Face 78 vs Yellow Fever 4
• Slytherin 65 vs Griffindor 59
• Dunkin Donuts 54 vs Krispy Kremes 26
• Fresh Blood 83 vs Like a Virgin 69
• Nerds 59 vs Jocks 50
• Bimbos 78 vs NAACP (Nat’l Association for the Advancement of Colored Pivots) 54
• Derby Animals 80 vs Team Celebrity 49
• 420 40 vs Wasted 25
• Derby Dolls 65 vs Buffalo Wings 40
• Team USA 104 vs Mortal Wombat (AU) 16
• Star Wars 90 vs Star Trek 54
• The Flat & the Furious 74 vs Banked Robbers 49

ROLLERCON 2009 CHALLENGE RESULTS

• C*R*A*P lifeguards vs. W*R*A*P lumberjacks
• CHI or DIE 34 vs More Arse Than Class 24
• Co-Op 78 vs Wizettes of Oz 13
• Farsighted 67 vs Nearsighted 23
• Gramercy Refs 34 vs. Co-Ed Cripplers 81
• Ink Ladies 17 vs. Holey Rollers 4
• Irish 36 vs. Italian 13
•  Itty Bitty Tittie Committee 58 vs. Over The Shoulder Boulder Holders 34
• Ninjas 22 vs. Pirates 9
• NorCal 29 vs. SoCal 20
• Pink Flamingos 30 vs. Garden Gnomes 12
• Pizza Party (loss) vs. Dance Party (win)
• Rainbow 26 vs. Goth 15
• Short Bus 52 vs Amazons 44
• Speed 51 vs. Artistic 19
• Star Wars 90 vs. Star Trek 28
• Team Awesome 37 vs. Team SeXY 43
• Team Awesome 59 vs. Mas o Menos 8
• Team Bacon 43 vs. Fakin Bacon 36
• Team Canada 58 vs Team Australia 15
• Team London 76 vs. Team (mid)America 53
• Team Loudmouth 66 vs. Silent But Deadly 25
• Team World 12 vs. Team America 20
• Strictly Dickly 63 vs Vagine Regime 43

WFTDA Sanctioned Full Length Bout:

Boston Massacre 129 vs B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls 58 STATS

RollerCon 2008 Challenge Results:

• Microbrew 32 over PBR 27
• Pirates 34 over Ninjas 21
• Tatts 62 over Pierced 10
• Bettys 88 over MILFs 21
• Sex in the City 73 over L Word 53
• Canada East 22 over Canada West 11
• Team Awesome 45 over Midwest Threat 9
• Blackhawk Down 43 over White Stripes 30 (mens)
• Team Party 46 over Straightedge 37
• Speed Skaters 27 over Artistic Skaters 15
• Vagine Regime 20 over Caulk Suckers 12
• Team Awesome 38 over Team Aw F*** It 14
• Diapers (W) Depends (L)