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Originally Posted by SpaceBiz
Silly me.
I forgot my main point (woke up at 5:20 for greater dc reigonal today)
There are about 55 regionals
There are now 600 spots at the championship
There were 400 last year, so 200 extra
Insted of giving them to random teams, give them to the 1 through 4 seeds. 55×4 minus the teams that are in 1 thru 4 that also win the competition is less than the 200 extra spots created by the new format.
They don't win the event, just a guaranteed spot at worlds, which they deserve.
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199 Slots are for Pre-Qualified and District teams, so there are 401 spots left at the World Championship.
Currently 330 spots are filled with 6 teams qualifying from each regional
Assuming that the top 4 seeds get an additional automatic bid to the Championship that adds another 220 slots which brings the grand total to:
550/401 slots.
I think there might be a problem...
This does follow the worst possible case but I don't get how the top 4 seeds will qualify and how this will keep the competition competitive through eliminations.