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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/2013 Championship Registration/2013 FRC Season Dates and Deadline

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Originally Posted by Karthik View Post
Sure, why not.

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Some immediate observations:
- Only one wild card spot was created prior to week 4
- Wild card spots went to non alliance captains 6/20 times, with a 2nd pick earning one just once.
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Great analysis.
It would seem that later season events would give you a slight edge as the event winner could be a multiple which would give you some additional chances of making it to the championship. While that additional slot may not seem like much, for a non-rookie team, it is essentially an additional 1 slot compared to the 5 non-rookies can compete for or a 20% advantage. For 6/20, it would be 2 additional slots relative to the 5 you can compete for or a 40% bump...

There are some teams that from the outside appear to strategically approach early season events. I wonder if now they will instead take on late season events as several of those late season events now have essentially an additional slot.
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