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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
As mentioned by others, FiM and MAR triple the point values of any achievements at the FiM/MAR championship events, creating a "60/40" split in points between the championship and districts. The logic behind this is that, while district performance still plays a factor in advancing to the FRC Championship event, it's mathematically impossible to advance to the FRC Championship without attending (and doing well at) the FiM/MAR Championship.
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As we start adopting the model, we are going to work with the other regions to settle some key details that really should be uniform across the country. Since PNW and New England represent the next two going into this model, I believe there is enough critical thinking and experience that FiM,MAR,NE, and PNW should be able to settle a thoughtful and well reasoned set of guidelines. What we don't want is for each district that comes into existence to form their own rules. That isn't good for the FRC eco system. There will differences of opinions on some details, but I think a mass of 4 groups will be able to come to a solution.
My overall goal is for all of us doing the District Model to adopt a common point system so that the advancement is uniform across the country. There will be talks on this over the next month. I think all of the district regions have a similar idea, so we will make this happen. There will be a few points that will have to be negotiated, but honestly I think we can get this close.
My hope is that if we share a common point system that somehow we can derive a way to share teams in the future so our FRC community can start travelling between districts and still maintain a rational way to score. This will be part of the discussion.
I am open to well reasoned and helpful suggestions on things we should consider during such discussions.
Kevin