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Originally Posted by waialua359
The best thing I can think of for improving the District experience, would be to allow outside teams to sign up for a district (if available after all teams in that district sign up) or inter-district play.
We would love the opportunity to participate in a district for a whole season.
NE, MAR, and/or FiM come to mind..  |
Buying into a district for a whole season would be a great concept. Every district would have to regulate this number, but it seems like a excellent idea for some international teams as well.
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Originally Posted by IKE
In previous years, I talked with MAR and New England. Those areas are a little different (or at least were when I was discussing). I have heard that they have stronger State and/or local team allegiances, but it would be good to close the loop with them. Of note, both MAR and NE are heavily comprised of "old guard" FRC teams. Before probably 2005, and especially before 2000, FRC was not nearly as friendly a place as it is nowadays. Back in the day, teams used to cover their robot when they weren't working on it to ensure no one got a picture so they couldn't "copy" their successful ideas. I think this could be a factor in the culture or at least the observed culture. I should note that I may have been talking to them after their first year and did not do the follow up I have done with other regions. IE, they could be having super friendly everyone loves each other events now.
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Largely this feeling is going away, while many people still feel that some of the circles are hard to break into (specifically alliance selection) in general everyone is open about their robots design once build season is over.