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Houston was the first nationals that I went to because i only got involved with FIRST last year about 1/2 way through build season so I may be completly wrong in what i think since i dont really know much about how the championship works. we are an odd number team so we did not have to "qualify" by winning a regional or winning awards, but we got to the semifinals of our division (granted we were drafted but in my opinion we played a major role in advancing our alliance and we had some bad luck in the qualifying rounds, i.e. missing a match). so i dont think that it makes the championship any less competetive if you dont get to nationals by winning a regional. we are one of those teams that only has just enough money to make it to one regional and national (if we're extremly lucky), and even then, we didint cover all the costs of this year. I'm not complaining or anything, we had a blast in Houston so that's enough for us if we cant go to nationals again before we graduate. but we really want to go next year because our team changed so much between last year and this year, it really is unbelievable, and we can only get better. so since the championship will be open to even teams, we will have to win a regional to even qualify to go. so we are feelin the need to win next year. i mean, our team is always competetive and i think everyone wants to win, but we are happy with whatever happens and we learn and have fun no matter what. ok, so those are my thoughts about the championship. sorry if i have misunderstood things about the championship, i am still pretty new at it.
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