Originally Posted by IKE (Post 1618046)

I do not believe there will be a lot of open spots in Michigan unless we add another another event (a couple were added a couple weeks ago). That being said, we are now a large enough organization that we might have some pre-season fallout which could open up a few spots.

Relevant to this thread, the standard 40 team district format with 12 matches requires 80 matches for qualifying (every match counts). Each team added or removed increases or decreases the schedule by 2 matches effectively. With an early season cycle time of likely 7-ish minutes, adding a team basically adds about 15 minutes more towards the qualifying schedule. Later in the season, adding 1 is a bit less impactful as the cycle time tends to get faster with practice and experienced robots.

Originally Posted by TJP123 (Post 1618051)

My fuzzy memory and math skills tell me there will be about 8 extra slots.

456* teams x 2 events = 912 slots needed
23 events x 40 teams = 920 slots

Fuzzy math skills tell me 920 - 912 = 8 extra slots



*Fuzzy memory tells me that was the number Gail gave

Originally Posted by bam-bam (Post 1622077)

We have 8 teams from MI coming to the St. Joseph event (74, 226, 503, 2271, 3357, 4004, 5110, 5502). Subject to change, of course.

Originally Posted by first3234 (Post 1622085)

I think you mean 2771

Originally Posted by Peyton Yeung (Post 1615756)

The St Joseph district event in IN has plenty of space for some out of state competitors.

Originally Posted by Theseusgoats (Post 1622351)

Not to be a party pooper, but with 8 MI teams coming to an Indiana District Event, I feel like the Indiana teams at the event will be at a major disadvantages as they are simply trying to get points, but they keep getting taken away by MI teams.

Originally Posted by Theseusgoats (Post 1622351)

Not to be a party pooper, but with 8 MI teams coming to an Indiana District Event, I feel like the Indiana teams at the event will be at a major disadvantages as they are simply trying to get points, but they keep getting taken away by MI teams.

Originally Posted by Peyton Yeung (Post 1622360)

Has there ever been an district event with this many outsiders?

Originally Posted by Billfred (Post 1622355)

But as they say back in my homeland: to be the man, you gotta beat the man.

Originally Posted by marshall (Post 1615830)

Signed us up for the CHP Blacksburg event. On the waitlist so hopefully we'll get in but I don't have my hopes up.

Originally Posted by MARS_James (Post 1622404)

Nope, and it should be fun to watch because if the out of district teams completely dominate the local teams, causing many to miss out on advancement to district champs, it may cause FIRST to put hard limits on how many slots at a district event can go to teams outside a district.