Quote:
Originally Posted by EricDrost
Just going to point out that teams like 341 and 365 wouldn't care if they lost their district points from their two districts. Ryan's suggested system would work just fine for them, just not the teams like 11, 2016, etc.
|
I'm not entirely sure if 'Wouldn't Care' would be true here - 'would be less affected' might be a better way to say it.
If we're forced to opt out of going to District Championships just because we wanted to travel elsewhere, then something's wrong. What's the point of us even playing in the District System to begin with if we're going to be forced out of it's Championship? It seems that people are viewing the District Championship as
another step towards the World Championship rather than being it's own Championship with it's own worth and prestige.
IMO, it actually makes MORE sense for a Team that competes outside of the District to also compete at it's Championship. I know this goes against common thinking, but look at it like this: A Team chooses to compete outside of MAR like 11, 2016, 1676, 25, etc. None of these teams have an Autobid into the CMP at this point, but all are worthy of representing the District more often than not. One/Any of these teams could win an outside event which would then Qualify them for the World Championship - meaning that they remove one spot from the system. Now if that same team chooses to compete at the DCMP and wins, or is up there in points - guess what? They still have only used one spot, meaning that the spot that they earned based on their District Performance will now trickle down to the next team.
I guess the way I see it, a district team is only going to use one spot* no matter how often, or where they play. There will be the issue of 'poaching' a spot should the team travel, as they're going to suck a spot out of an event that should have gone to someone from that event, but it's an issue that isn't easily fixed. In any case, a district team that chooses to compete outside and then at it's Championship is doing little to no injustice in my book, considering that historically, any team that will go to an outside regional and win will more than likely qualify through the District Championship anyway.
*Now there is the interesting issue of HoF, Original and Sustaining, and Previous Year World Champion Teams. No one has been able to conclusively state that these teams will not 'black hole' a spot or a series of spots should they chose to travel outside of their district and or win their District Championship. As far as I can tell, any team pre-qualified for the CMP prior to the competition season still 'black holes' their first CMP spot earned in that season. From their, the wildcard system comes into play at the regional level since the team has 'qualified at a previous event'.