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Originally posted by Andrew
However, the atmosphere at regionals has changed. Teams that need to qualify in order to attend the Championships are focusing more attention on winning the competition then I've seen in previous years.
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I definately agree with you there. Before, a lot of teams used Regionals as simply extra time to work on the robot and didn't really care about winning or loosing. Now that they have to win in order to go on, you'll be hard-pressed to find a team that isn't trying their hardest to win. On the other hand, this widens the gap between those teams that can afford two regionals and those that can't since 2-regional teams are generally better prepared by their second one, giving them somewhat of an "unfair" advantage when it comes to qualifying for nats.
--Rob
P.S. Please don't turn this into a debate over whether allowing teams to go to two regionals is fair. That's not the intention of this thread, nor is it the intention of this post. If you want to debate it with me, PM/AIM/email me instead.