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Re: Lopsided Divisions

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99% of any discussion on CD is "pointless arguing", including your posts here, so I don't really get what you're aiming for?

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Kinda harsh. But sure, there is a lot of blathering on online but still, I think there is sometimes good that comes of it. Either a wider consensus that things are okay or perhaps enough peasants get excited enough to grab their pitchforks and storm the castle. It is not a completely useless exercise.

At least I don't think so.

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IMO, the current method of assigning divisions works fine. Each team essentially get a random division (afaik, based on previous posts). If you ended up on Newton this year, that's just your luck of the draw. Is it "fair"? Pretty much. You had just as much as a chance as any other team attending worlds to make your division.

If FRC was to swap to a different system (like one based on the OP), how would they make it "fair"? OPR? Some type of District point esque system? There would always be an unhappy group, just as there is now, except they'd have an even larger excuse.

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I am glad you're fine with things but I am unconvinced that there isn't a better system and that a better system wouldn't be worth the bother because people would still complain.

If FIRST aspires to be a robotic sport, then they should work to make it better for the same reason the NFL or the NCAA is continually tweaking the rule book and procedures to improve the experience for all.

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