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Originally Posted by pntbll1313
I think an easier way to do this will be to wait until after Tuesday to see how many teams are officially registered. That should include everyone through all 6 weeks of competition. Then just add the total number of spots that can be generated through district champs and hope it falls below 400.
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That's not a bad idea... there are 98 total spots for districts:
FiM
32
MAR
18
NE
24
PNW
24
Given that, how many district-eligible teams have earned a spot at a regional? Per
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...80%93More-Info
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District teams earning FIRST Championship slots at Regionals do count against the District allocation. Even though a District team may earn their FIRST Championship slot at a Regional, they are still from the District and can be considered part of the District contingent to the Championship. Not counting these slots against the District allocation would allow District representation to exceed their fair share of available slots at the FIRST Championship. Also, it’s important to remember that while a District team can travel to a Regional to earn a slot, it’s not possible for a non-District team to earn a slot within the District system.
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After week 5 teams signed up, there were over 250 teams registered for champs (I don't remember the exact number, but I do remember we were on to 2 pages because we went over 250), which gives us an average of about 50 teams registering each week (ignoring pre-qualified teams that didn't earn a spot another way). If we hit that average again this week, we'll be over 300 teams registered. With 98 in districts, probably a few who have already qualified (thus taking two spots, regional and district), and some district teams not being able to make it, I'm going to guess that we'll only have a couple of spots open for waitlist teams at most - probably less than 5, almost certainly less than 10.