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I asked about the conferences from the start. They never had any purpose until on of the last team updates came out- See FIRST updates page- They finally stated a revision to the rules- that revision is that you will be judged at every regional in your conference. That means you have multiple chances to win- Or the cream will truely rise to the top. But the odds are in your favor if you have a good animation that gets over looked at one particular regional. So if there are 4 regionals in your conf. then you will be judged 4 times (once by the teams at each particular regional)
Yes if you can win in a regional you dont attend- And yes somone can win at yours who isn't there. Autodesk will notify you of this result if needed. I'd look for a resuilts page on the FIRST or Autodesk site if you want to know- I dont know that one exists but it will eventually I think.
I agree that most students wont know exactly what to look for. But I hope they look at them all and use their best and honest judgement. Dont watch 1 or 2 and get bored and then just Vote. Give everyone the same chance that you want. Do'nt go by just Looks alone- make sure you review the criterior for each catagory of the judging.
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