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Unread 07-05-2011, 12:31
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Re: Qualifying for CMP in the future

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Originally Posted by Bill_B View Post
Several searches of this thread have failed to tell me if anyone has noted that the FLL World Festival is not a championship. There are apparently too many regionals to allow all those winners to compete at CMP. This does not reduce the excitement and enthusiasm of the invited teams as they reach the "big" stage.

I cannot predict how this information will or will not affect the topic of discussion here. I could give you some ideas about how it feels for those kids to be able to show their work in such a large venue. If it were up to me, I'd say that any FRC Team would have to have supported at least one FLL or FTC team as part of their qualification for CMP.

Separate event for FLL? Thumbs waaaaaaay down for that.
I competed in the FLL World Festival in 2003 in Houston (when it was in the pits) and in 2005 when it was on Einstein in Atlanta. I had more fun competing in 2003 when it wasn't in the dome. It was kind of cool to see the FRC robots on the fields nearby, but it just seemed like way too much effort, and it definitely cut down on the interactions between the teams (and there is a far more diverse field their than there is for FRC). It was also *impossible* to watch from the stands. Every FRC team should definitely make an effort to get FLL teams into their pits though, I got a tour of MOE's robot that year and I still remember it. My Dad also spent lots of time talking to FRC mentors, as he was interested in starting an FRC team.

They should definitely be in the same place, but I had a better experience when I *wasn't* competing on the dome floor, and I'm not just saying this because I'm an FRC or bust guy. FLL has a much larger impact than FRC does, and it will probably remain this way for quite some time.
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