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Re: FRC Blog - District Slot Allocations at 2015 FIRST Championship

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
I crunched some quick numbers and counted 56* listed regional events. Let's say at each regional, the six qualifiers (3 champs, RAS, RCA, EI) are all unique teams. 56*6=336 teams qualifying through Regionals.
The total of the District teams (using capacity 600) is 169.
There are 30 pre-qualified teams.
336+169+30= 535 total teams qualifying by merit.
That leaves 65 waitlist spaces. Nearly eleven percent of the CMP teams will be there because of waitlist?** That seems odd to me, and very high compared to last year (I seem to recall single-digit waitlist slots).
Did I forget something?

*I may have miscounted, but the fudge factor wouldn't be substantial.
**possibly even higher if events can't fill wildcard slots
You forgot the fact that at some regionals this year RAS will not be given out if there is no deserving rookie team. Its anyone's guess how many regionals will not hand out a RAS award at this point. The main point is there will be even more than your rough estimate of 65. Also I think that no RAS award will be more common than not using a wildcard on the finalist alliance.
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