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Originally Posted by MooreteP
"completely vertically and horizontally integrated like FRC" is unsubstantiated rhetoric, and hyperbolic as well. Have you seen the variety of teams in FRC?
Nonetheless, if anyone can do it, we can do it.
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Not to misinterpret what cadandcookies meas, but I'm pretty sure he means that every FRC team is organized under, well, FRC. This allows for champs, no matter what the location and variety of the teams (or whether its regional/district). The reason sports can't do this like FRC can (besides at the Olympic level) is because they don't have an international organization linking teams around the world together. It's difficult to do that with more common sports due to varying interest levels and the ways teams can be organized at different tiers.
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Originally Posted by MooreteP
Math! Release the game in October, Build until End off Year Break, Six weeks of District/State/Province/Nation High School competitions in January/Feb. "Regional" competitions in March, World Championship in April.
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Also, as much as I love a longer competition season, what happens when high schools that have both and FRC and FTC team, or mentor an FTC team, start build in October? That would be two kickoffs within a month with roughly the same build time and (again, roughly) the same days for competition. I know FTC is a lot smaller compared to FRC, but it could possibly make an impact on bot quality for the teams involved.
edit: If a state (ie: Minnesota (a very popular state in this thread)) runs on regionals, what do you mean by "regional" competitions? Does that mean that the teams that compete in regionals don't do anything for six weeks, or that smaller competitions are held that lead up to a limited amount of teams going to "regional" competitions based on performance and/or awards (that then merit going to champs)? Because then there would be a problem on giving out awards and whether they count for going to champs or not. But it's a cool idea!