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Re: How do you grow your off-season competition?
SCRIW has never breached 24. If I'm trying to create on-field spectacle, the magic number is (personally) closer to 30 so you can have a full, quality bracket and some non-potato backups. We run a pretty leisurely schedule that has become part of the event's character, so the result is usually 8-9 matches depending on the year. To maintain that and grow our event by 25% would require some balancing, probably at least one fewer match for each team, and probably more hustle.
Since SCRIW is the only event in the state, we'd likely take that on if more teams wanted to come. If your teams have options to choose from for off-season events, you may have to decide how you're going to brand your event (the fun one, the super-competitive one, the girl-focused one, the one at the awesome venue, etc.)
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor
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