[cmrnpizzo14]

Don't worry, I know that the creativity award winner does not move on to the championship...

BUT

What if it did?

I've been thinking the past couple of days and while I love FIRST and the game every year, I get annoyed when all of the robot designs seem similar. What if the creativity award went to championships though? I'm ignoring all of the number of team issues with champs but I think that it would really encourage new designs among all of the teams to branch out and try something new.

Usually the best teams are the ones that branch out and try something crazy but I think that a lot of teams just need an extra push to get there.

NOTE: I'm not trying to reward impractical creative designs but I just think that FIRST would benefit from some more teams trying to play the game a different way each year.