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I will repeat part of my response from yesterday evening: "the decision to only allow each team to register with just one robot had already been made in order to ensure that there are enough slots for all interested teams and potential pre-rookie teams." With regard to pre-rookies, our aim is to provide a supportive environment for these new, interested teams to get a head start with the help of veterans and perhaps place themselves in a more sustainable, successful position before the beginning of the official FIRST season... not simply to create new teams. While we have not yet officially reached capacity, based on all the interest we've received we won't be hungry for teams. The decision to allow one robot entry per team is final. It is entirely up to teams to decide whether or not they choose to participate because of that constraint.


With regard to my earlier comment as well, my apologies if my intentions were not clear. I said: "While TRR is not an invitation-only event, the hope is that we can build this competition up to eventually be much like IRI." I intended this to mean that we are trying to grow TRR to be an off-season competition that teams from all over are excited to attend, based on the quality and merits of the event. I think this is a fine and reasonable goal to set. We may not yet be at that level, but we aspire to grow and develop in that manner. As such, we always welcome constructive recommendations and feedback that we will consider and utilize in a way that will best match the values and goals of this event.