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Originally Posted by Alpha Beta
Somewhere between 39 and 48.
Exactly. This would provide that same bennefit to KC area teams that FiM and MAR teams currently enjoy.
I imagine the event would have to be capped at 48 teams to fit in a high school venue. This happens to matches our current numbers locally.
One of the consequences of trying to create a "season" for our sport instead of just an "event".
Currently FiM mentors take off 3 weekends (Two district events and MSC) before qualifying for Worlds. This would only be 2, albeit one of those weekends does not have elimination matches. FiM and MAR were created by folding in multiple regional events and thus had more than the traditional 6 berths for Worlds to offer. The point system helps decide who deserves them. Since this is a single event making the transition there are no additional berths to give out besides the standard 6. There is also no intermediate district championship to "pay for" before attending Worlds.
Full Discloser: I am not on the committee making this proposal but I was able to attend the meeting and hear the information first hand. I'll admit this proposal does not sound like a permanent solution, but rather a transitionary state before we grow large enough (or combine with enough other more distant areas) to develop a FiM style super regional.
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That helps me understand what you guys are up against. I was hoping you had more teams than that.
I still would support two seperate competitions and move them several weeks apart. Bag windows + 2 competitions back to back is pretty hard and stressful on everyone. The teams are going to learn a lot from eachother at the first competition, and by spacing them out I think they would have a better chance of putting those new ideas into practice.