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Originally Posted by Broboraider
I believe that it takes the opportunity away from REI teams to win EI at champs if they have to compete with RCA teams as well.
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Well, technically, they're competing against every other team there, RCA winners and not. They're also competing against many teams who were strong contenders for REI and RCA, but ultimately didn't win the award.
I'm conflicted on how I feel about EI is given out at champs. I can see a case for why it's open to everyone whether they're a REI winner or not (since it's not an interviewed/presentation award at regionals*), and an equally strong case for why only REI teams should be eligible at CMP (since it's an award that gets you a ticket to CMP so that's kinda why you're there).
*The reason there's a presentation at DCMPs is because winning EI at a district doesn't autoqualify the team+robot for DCMP, so it's entirely possible for a team to compete for EI at DCMP without their robot being there.