[BumblingBuilder]

Originally Posted by Ginger Power

Sorry for all the posts, I'm very opinionated on this topic... actually I'm very opinionated in general

Using only 1 event for state qualification rankings also provides incentive for teams to avoid early events. It is unfair to those teams located in the Duluth area that can't afford to travel. They only get 1 week after build season ends to make improvements (with no reference) while teams in the Twin Cities area that can't afford to travel, get over 6 weeks and the opportunity to see 254 and 1114 play, as well as many of their competitors who go to Duluth.

It's not fair no matter how you do it. I just think we should reward hard work rather than worry about being fair in a single aspect.

I would argue against the claim that this is unequal, at least as much as other sources of unequality. Every team at a singular regional has had the same amount of time to improve, and State qualifications are based on how they perform against all those other robots that have had the same amount of time to make necessary improvements. So while the performance at the Minneapolis regionals may be more impressive, teams are not exactly getting more points from it.

And a large majority of those teams that qualified had their first regional in Duluth, so the results actually seem in favor of early competitions.