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Originally Posted by Donut
How is FLL done?
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There are a number of tournaments (regional, state, provincial, country, whatever) that are designated as World Festival (it's not a championship) qualifiers. Every year they randomly pick some number (around 70-80) that will be eligible for sending the Champion's Award winner to the WF. I believe it's only a semi-random selection; they try to get every eligible tournament a slot in the WF every few years.
Note that in FLL the team coming to the WF is
not necessarily the winner of the robot game. Here's the description of the Champion's Award:
"This award recognizes a team that embodies the FLL experience, by fully embracing our Core Values while achieving excellence and innovation in both the Robot Game and Project."
It's important to note that this helps avoid turning FLL into a robotics competition. Which none of the FIRST programs should be.