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Originally posted by Fireboidsgrl
I dont mean to shy away from the competativeness of FIRST, but imagine how many teams would be crushed when they are booted out of nats in the quarterfinals of their regionals.
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Let me direct you, then, to my second method of qualification:
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[Originally posted by George1083
2). Any team who finishes in the top XX% during the qualification rounds. (This number can be tweaked according to how many teams have registered in FIRST, how many regionals there are, and how much room there is at the Championship event.)
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If the team showed prowess in the quals, but not good enough to be in the top 8, they would still qualify under this system.
I think I was unclear in my original post. I meant for these 4 to be combined into one system, not as an "either / or" thing. A team can prove they can win in the elims (1), they can prove they are good in the qualification rounds (2), they can prove that they are good at some other aspect of FIRST (3), or they already have proven themselves (4). These 4 methods were meant to cover all of the bases in allowing teams to qualify.
PS: I'm sorry, M, if this isn't the direction in which you wanted this thread to go. PM if if you'd rather I start up a separate thread.