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Re: Best Robots Not At Championship, 2012 Edition

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Originally Posted by Basel A View Post
Speaking from Michigan, my primary complaint is not that the district point system is really bad at selecting teams to qualify for the Championship, because I realise that our system is a significant improvement over the regional system in that respect. My primary complaint is that Michigan is allotted spaces based on the number of teams/regionals here 3 years ago. Michigan, based on our number of teams, should be given more slots (~4 regionals for 190 teams) than 18 (3 regionals for 132 teams). I think it would be fair to reduce the number of buy-ins to increase the number of qualifiers. This would mostly alleviate my concerns about really good Michigan teams not making the Championship.
I totally agree with this. I think all of the teams that qualified from Michigan deserve it. There is no question that any of them shouldn't be going to championships. The problem is we don't have enough slots to give away.
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