If you want to extend the comparisons, two years ago both of our teams were on an alliance in the semi-finals at the NYC Regional...
The one good thing about my team getting a "pre registration" chance, is that several mentors on my team believe that we must first "prove" ourselves, to go to championships. Yeah, that might have been true, but now we're being given the chance to go for the real reason of FIRST, to learn how others approached the same problem, meet new people interested in the same things you are, and in general, just have a great time
. Now if I can only convince my team to come up with $4000...