It would be helpful to share the MAR/FiM databases. I ran (an extremely fast) model of MAR from last year here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...0E&usp=sharing
(I know we're gaining more slots this year, but.....)
Team 11 and 2016 would "eat" two of MAR's slots (winner in Palmetto and RCA at Buckeye)
Compared to actual results:
Teams 303, 193, and 293 no longer qualify for World CMP
Rookie team 4460 attends in their place - buoyed by (edit:45) award points at MAR CMP (Entrepreneurship, 10pt rookie).
Seems like it's taking a few step away from what the Michigan point model was designed to encourage (best performing robots earning the most points), at least from what I understood via the excellent EWCP cast with Jim Zondag.