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Originally Posted by Cory
The "problem" isn't just the wait list though. It's RAS and to a lesser degree EI/CA. If you look purely at the quality of the robots, it's clearly less than that of those who qualified through performance. From a competitive standpoint some of these teams have no business being at Champioships, but FIRST seems to be pretty clearly on the rainbows and unicorns side, not the competitive side.
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It also comes from teams who not just get "coattail'd" but large differences in team count between two regional events and all other things contribute to a Championship event that 23 years later still can't decide what it's supposed to be. That results in event winners that would get eaten alive at most events and RAS winners that can get steamrolled by other rookies getting pummeled by teams at CMP.