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Originally Posted by epylko
I don't understand this logic at all. I've seen others make similar statements about not being able to see all the teams, so please don't take this as specific to you.
Let's do the math:
4 days of competition (half day Wednesday/Sunday, full days Thursday/Friday/Saturday)
24 hours/day
60 minutes/hour
If you have 800 teams at one location, that gives you 4*24*60 minutes to meet with 800 teams. Assuming no eating, sleeping, walking between teams, or actually competing, you end up with a best case scenario of being able to spend 7.2 minutes per team. In that timeframe, how can you "...see them, see how they tackled the challenge, compete against and with them, and learn how they work." Even if you go to 400 teams, you're still at 14.4 minutes for a best case scenario.
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Cant deny that, its not exactly possible. That doesnt mean you cant at least marvel at their robot for a few seconds, and talk to only the teams you really want to talk to.
With the other 400, you just dont see them, and that is truly missing out on some great teams, which is one of the main issues.
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Originally Posted by epylko
This is change and people don't like change. I think it will all work out in the end. After all, is there ANY sport that claims a true, single WORLD champion? The World Series winner never plays baseball teams from Cuba or Japan. The SuperBowl champions never play teams from Finland or Belarus (I just looked those up - they play football or gridiron). Stanley Cup winners don't play Latvia or Sweden.
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Both Baseball and Football are predominantly american, and we (and we i mean the viewers of the sport) dont exactly want outside competition in those, i cant say the same about hockey.
There is also Olympic versions of these too. you can consider those "World Champions."