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Originally Posted by gblake
Nope
It is a perfectly fine response. What it means is that the question, in the sense/context it was posed, is nearly irrelevant.
It means that instead of thinking of the Championship(s) as an event that filters out unworthy teams; one should instead think of a Championship(s) as an event that brings in as many teams as is possible.
How many teams attend the FIRST Championship(s) should depend on how many teams can be accommodated by the venue, the number of conference speakers, etc; and not some arbitrarily chosen threshold of match-worthiness.
FRC includes competition matches, but FRC's purpose is not competition matches.
YMMV
Blake
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I think what Caleb is saying is that not every regional can be called a championship. You have to distinguish the number of "championships" it takes before you no longer consider the event a championship. Most people draw the line at one event. In other words, having more than 1 world championship takes away the meaning of "world championship". Others are much more lenient when it comes to drawing that line, and are therefore ok with having multiple, or even many, world championships.
FRC is a competiton. It's purpose is to serve as an outlet for inspiration for FRC teams. It's means of doing that is by providing a
competiton. There would be no inspiration without this competiton.