[jman4747]

Originally Posted by Anupam Goli

Doing what it takes to win is the technical challenge for many of us. The bar is raised every year thanks to these teams. I'll stick to the competition where they go, because in the process of trying to win, we'll be in a "technical challenge" of our own and we'll end up learning a lot on the way.

This seems to suggest that half of the world is not very competative. It also assumes no one will rise to the challenge presented by who is at the top of the region and that no new powerhouses will ever spring up. And when I say technical I mean the engineering of the robot. Winning is a function of that, driver training, scouting, strategy, co-op, luck, etc. I'm not following someone because they can't have their undisputed winner belt.