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Originally Posted by IndySam
You can't imagine? I know you have a better imagination than that  Oh and I never use the word fair.
My biggest objection is not to giving those extra spots out on a merit basis it's more about giving it to the runner-up alliance, I just don't think that would be the best way. How are they really anymore deserving of the spot than any other alliance that the regional winner defeated? They just had better timing.
I would much rather see them reward teams that did well during the qualifying part of the tournament. That would at least give some extra emphasis to doing well in qualifying.
Heck I would prefer they eliminate the automatic rookie seeds and give those spots out on a merit basis also. |
I see where you are coming from because we can all look back and say, "Well the finalist at my event wasn't that great", but that doesn't mean they don't deserve to go. Under the old system, teams who had the money had the opportunity to go regardless of their performance on the field. That doesn't make those teams less deserving to go to the Championship. Regardless, making it to the finals is still an achievement we all recognize.
Looking back at GSR over the years here are the finalists.I know GSR is week 1 but its the event I have the most knowledge in so this is mostly fictionary.
2012: 1519, great robot they qualified at their second regional(NCR). 2614 would have received 1519's spot but it would have gone to 1771 due to 2614's win in Pittsburg. 2791 or 885 could have received the slot if 1519 hadn't taken it.
2011: 131, great robot that year.
2010: 1922 was the finalist but won in Boston a few weeks later. I think the slot would have been given to 2648 they have been one of the NE teams that deserves to qualify for CMP. 2648 had a very good machine and an amazing team behind it.
2009: Team 40 would have gotten the slot. Amazing robot that year thankfully they made it in through the waitlist.
2008: 1512 also good. 58 (probably the best non hurdling and non lapbot of 2008) or 1517 would have received it if 1512 had passed.
2007: 1073 also good. 1474 or 501 would have received the slot if 1073 had passed.
2006-past: I remember the players but not who was the captain.
I apoligize for any errors in the above list. A few alliances I am usure who the captain was. The list was based the team who the Wild Card fell on always said yes. It is very cool to see who this would have effected down the road!
While the system isn't perfect an underlying theme is that any of GSR's finalists or benefitors had capable robots or great robots that didn't compete at CMP. I do know of other teams that would have benefited from this new system who were great robots that deserved to attend but didn't make it.
In the end, neither system is perfect but this new system attempts to fill slots of pre-qualified robots through other good teams at the same event. Geographically the same number of teams should qualify from each regional under the new system. I think it is great for teams who go into a regional knowing another great team competiting has already qualified and if they win the slot is still available instead of going to the team who clicked submit quicker months earlier.
What is interesting is when it says, "
It’s possible for a Wild Card slot to go unused, and unused Wild Card slots will not be replaced or backfilled."
What does this mean? I remember back to the North Carolina Regional in 2010. Of the three event winners (1086, 1902, and 48) 1086 and 1902 had already qualifed along with two of the finalists (1519 and 1772). Already there is an unused Wild Card because no backup bot was used, but if 1741 (the third robot of the finalists alliance) hadn't been able to use their Wild Card slot, would those two slots from NCR 2010 just go mute and not be "
replaced or backfilled" by waitlisted teams?