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Originally Posted by ThunderousPrime
Only 1. List of IRI teams who didn't play at champs:
71
107 FiM district
*108
233
**234
**1024
1619
1741
***2867
*Won Peachtree as an alliance captain
**Host Team
***Auction winner-Preselected/Auto invite team
I feel that 1730, 1806 and 3928 were snubbed.
1730 ranked 7 at KC, 3 at Bayou and 3 on Galileo and were Galileo Semi-Finalists.
1806 ranked 4 at Central Illinois, 5 at KC and 35 on Newton as a second pick and Newton Semi-Finalist. At KC they lost in finals 1 and finals 3 to the 118-1986 juggernaut by 12 and 5 pts respectively.
3928 ranked 9 at KC and 13 ar North Star and 38 on Newton as a Semi-Finalist who won a match against 1678-1114-1640.
I would like to hear the rationale of the auction being an auto invite to IRI. I acknowledge that the charity money goes to a good cause but I am not sure this sets a good precedent on a "pay to get in basis." (I tried to look info about it on the IRI website but the silent action tab is not updated since 2012.)
It baffles me that a team with an OPR of .7 will be competing at IRI while a team that ranked 3rd on Galileo will not. I acknowlege that IRI is also about bringing together "strong character teams" but this juxtaposition is almost absurd.
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107 qualified to go to championships but declined to attend. They were one of the best teams in FiM last year.