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Being that I have personally been attending FRC events in CANADA since 2003? I think 8 years is more than "recently".

Furthermore, Woburn Robotics (Team 188, The Blizzard, based in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) with Alumni including such FIRST personalities as Karthik, and Tristan Lall have been active in FRC since 1997.

CMP has also been known as "FIRST Championship" since 2007, and "The Championship Event" since at least 2003.

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Maybe there are some creative ways for teams to convey this message, showcasing the value and wonder of being an international program and event. Like so many things in FIRST, there is much to celebrate and recognize and we haven't even begun to explore the possibilities. Perhaps that is why this 20th anniversary FRC game is so special.

Jane

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Couldn't have said it better myself, Its just like the real world, Design criteria change, sometimes your asked to use a certain brand of parts because of a company's affiliation with another.

Get over it, Accept the challenge, and focus your brain power on developing the best solution to the challenge FIRST gives you!

- Bochek


Edit - I haven't read the entire thread, this is in response to the first few pages.

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I don't want to "get back into it" as I think my posts were very rash and not well thought out - but I think those saying "these are the parts you're allowed and they happen to be one company" are completely missing the point of what anyone was offended about in this thread. In other, earlier threads, a different tune was sung, but do read up on what the objectionable part of this update was. The restriction on aluminium parts wasn't really it.

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Umm, sure.

The first ever Canadian team began play in the 1998 season. This year we're celebrating the 10th ever regional in Toronto. What was known as the Canadian Regional began in 2002. Canadian teams have been participating at the Championship (then called Nationals) since 1998, and a few of them have even won the whole event at both the FRC and intermediate levels. Although levels of involvement in FIRST in America obviously dwarfs what's happening here in Canada, these competitions have not been America centric in a long time. (Nor should they be.)

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I'd be interested in seeing actual percentage of FIRST teams that are based out of Canada(that goes for other countries as well). I'm sure I, for one, would be amazed by the percentage. Anyone have that percentage? or readily available figures to calculate it?

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Mark McLeod would probably be the person to ask.

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Well, I know that there is sufficient Canadian attendance at FLR that we have both the Canadian and the American national anthems sung before each day's festivities...

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Canadaland has 80ish or so teams. IIRC.


Yes Canadaland is the proper terminology.

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Here are charts of 2010 & 2011 teams by country (12 of them).

Here are the 2011 numbers:
US -------------- 1925 -------- 92.50%
Canada ----------- 80 ---------- 3.84%
Israel ------------- 48 ---------- 2.31%
Mexico ------------ 12 ---------- 0.58%
Brazil -------------- 5 ---------- 0.24%
Turkey ------------- 4 ---------- 0.19%
United Kingdom --- 2 ---------- 0.10%
Australia ----------- 1 ---------- 0.05%
Chile --------------- 1 ---------- 0.05%
Germany ---------- 1 ---------- 0.05%
Herzegovina ------ 1 ---------- 0.05%
Spain -------------- 1 ---------- 0.05%

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I thought the proper term was Canadia.

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Actually its Canadialand, and everyone knows its a state.

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False: its a US territory.:D

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False, it is a stylish hat.

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92.5% American. I'd say that is still rather US-centric. I'm not saying we're the only ones. But it is centered around us. When we get down to about 75%, then I predict people will be more likely to think before they speak. I honestly thought that Canada controlled around 10% myself. Its only a matter of time though considering the saturation of the US being much less then that of Canada.