west coast perspective
 

I just debriefed my team's representative to the west coast forum. For the most part, the ideas were the same, but there were a few major differences.

For the most part, teams were in favor of qualifying for the nationals based on how the teams placed at the regionals. Very few people wanted any other system, especially not a first-come first-served system.

The other major difference is that a majority of the representatives liked the 4 vs 0. They liked not having to worry about another robot destroying thier own. They did not like the game, though. The fact that only one team could do the highest scoring task was what people did not like. They would rather see 4 v 0 with a better game then going back to 2 v 2.

There were many other things discusses, but these were the only 2 that really differed from what Andy and Nate posted.