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Unread 20-08-2016, 01:18
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Re: Proposal for Wildcard Reform

Some sort of further wildcard distribution could be very useful in Minnesota. In 2016, both of the events 2823 attended had 2+ wildcards. Lake Superior had 2 (thanks 359!), and 10k had 3 (and possibly could have had 4 if they had awarded rookie all star). We were very fortunate to qualify off of the waitlist to champs after losing in semis (to 2052) at both regionals. Had we not been so fortunate, we would not have gotten to see our robot run at peak performance, win 10 qualification rounds, and have an amazing trip. With the extra wildcards added already, there will might be less impact in Minnesota than other regionals without some sort of further distribution rules.
That said, District Points may be unnecessarily complicated for this. I can't think of a simpler way, but it might exist.
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