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Originally Posted by PayneTrain
I will concede that my energies are better spent not performing the internet equivalent of talking to a brick wall.
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It doesn't help either that the community "against" two championships doesn't exactly have a unified idea on why two championships is bad. We waste our time talking about individual preferences which may or may not be the biggest issue.
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Originally Posted by AGPapa
I agree, I think it's a shame that so many people are focusing on the 'two world champions' thing.
The real problem with the championsplit is that those students will not see many of the unique ways to solve the problem. Your students will never see the unique solutions that 254, 148, 118, 1678, 1983, 16 or any of the other great Houston-Champs teams will build.
I wonder, how many people were inspired to build a PTO after seeing 254's climber at champs in 2013?
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This is the fundamental issue. The world isn't coming to one spot to compete and inspire. The community is cut in half no matter how much you try to "stitch it together" with spots for the other side of the world to join your championships.
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Originally Posted by GKrotkov
That would certainly be a start towards solving the "region locking" - I can't see any downsides at the moment. Is there something I've missed?
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Then you have good teams trading to one side or the other. A conspiracy to make the "real" champs where the good teams go, and the "bleh champs" where everyone else goes. You could do it completely randomly, but then... no travel cost reduction.