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Well, I guess I now understand how the Georgia teams felt when Championships left Atlanta. I'm going to miss being able to go every year as a volunteer and spectator. When I do go it's going to be a lot more expensive and require more vacation days, and I'm going to have to pick which half of the world I want to see playing, since there's no way I can afford the vacation time or the travel costs of going to both.

I really dislike the idea of my team being cut off from half the teams in the world with whatever the geographic border ends up being. We're about equidistant from Detroit and Houston, so I can't guess which way we'll get assigned. There are so many amazing team combinations that will never be possible at a regular-season event again -- for example, the Texas and FIM powerhouses will never see each other before off-season events. I understand that Championships has turned into a city-melter in terms of event logistics/hotel space/etc, and I am somewhat sympathetic to wanting to get more teams to championships, particularly for FTC/FLL; however, I think this is going to reduce the quality of the FRC event substantially.

Initial reaction: :(

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I was under the impression that they didn't, but I'm running from anecdotes and conversations rather than hard data.

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This. I don't always attend champs, but when I do, I look forward to catching up with familiar faces from across the country. With this change, I would have to choose seeing one half over the other each year.

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I would much rather have gone the Super Regional --> World Championship route...

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So basically... FRC now stands for FIRST Robotics Convention

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Can we start a petition against this?

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I get what you're saying but FRC is supposed to be the competitive level of FIRST.

I guess teams should be looking forward to more Recycle Rush type games if this attitude is what the GDC and FIRST staff have in mind for FRC now.

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Thats what this thread is.

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Was this video previously released on April 1st?

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VEX Robotics and Innovation First International, Inc. are proud supporters and Crown Suppliers of FIRST.

We remain committed to supporting the FIRST Robotics Competition and FRC Teams everywhere.

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Has there been a single positive post about this change yet in this thread?

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Ive seen all negative, some neutral, but not a single positive post; and thats counting as this is the 88th post.

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I really wish that FIRST would have asked for feedback before signing the contracts.

At this point, it is probably too late for anything to change.

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I'd completely forgotten about this! I remember seeing this when it was first released and I loved the concept, even if the regions seemed to be too large in some places.

What happened to this, and has it ever been discussed that this wasn't the plan (until now)?

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This is a real step backward. This means that teams from NE and such will be unable to physically contact those in the West and make it virtually impossible to crown a real champion.