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This also brings up an interesting point: Had this survey been given out before the announcements, I guarantee we'd see a different set of responses, and some different priorities (cost reduction would've been higher priority, and one true champion would've been less important). I hope the committee will come up with a solution for region locking so that I don't have to go on vacation to California and Washington to see some inspirational teams and my skunk buddies... |
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- Cost doesn't matter to me. - This split doesn't affect my costs as significantly as it affects other things I want to check off. - If the CMP doesn't give me 1, 2, and/or 3, cost doesn't matter because because I'm not going to fundraise (even some minimum reasonable cost) to go--e.g. I'll go to another regional, or save it for IRI, or build a better robot, or put it in the bank, or... - And probably at least several other reasons. No need to jump to conclusions about respondents. |
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My answer might have been different if FIRST had said, say "To give you what you want, in one giant world championship, we will need to move the event to some other country". |
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To throw a bit of FTC perspective into this thread: I understand that most FRC participants don't care about seeing FTC and FLL, and to be honest, I probably wouldn't either if I participated in FRC. However, it is the other direction which is much more significant (at least from my perspective). One of the biggest things that made the World Championship so special and different from other tournaments, like super-regionals, was the opportunity to see and interact with FRC teams and robots, and by splitting the programs, the FTC championships immediately feel less big and magical. This doesn't mean I support two championships, but it does mean that if there are to be two, some presence of the whole progression of programs seems valuable.
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My beef with the "Favor/Oppose 2 Championships" question is that it was asked without context (or, more charitably, that it was asked assuming that the respondents all knew that context). It's like asking people if they favor/oppose eating their vegetables.
Better questions might have been: "Do you favor/oppose two championships, if FIRST brought the two winning alliances together to crown one true champion?" or, "Do you favor/oppose two championships that are tiered, with all of the highest-ranked, most competitive robots attending one of the two events to determine the one true champion?" or, "The highest number of teams that could be accommodated by a single championship event is 650. The total number of FRC teams is increasing each year. Do you favor/oppose two championships, knowing that the number of teams attending a single championship each year will (on a percentage basis) continue to decrease?" |
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FRC members are not the only stakeholders here. |
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Was the reverse true for FTC? Did a lot of the students make the shuttle trip over to check out what was going on in FRC? And, this being my first year seeing it -- were FRC and FTC always this physically separated? |
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Also, I'd say the program/event sponsors are the highest paying stakeholder here (by a wide margin). |
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I honestly don't know. Would be curious to hear the numbers. |
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