[purplehaze357]

Wooaa, I ABSOLUTELY disagree with that. We are in our fourth season and I still remember the very long nights and lack of success the first two years at the regionals. Had that been all we had to look forward to, then many on our team would have been discouraged and might not have continued (including some of the advisors [not me though]).

agreed..i think everyone here can attest to the 2-3 o'clock mornings, and even the rookie teams put in...and for one person to discourage a team form going based souly on the fact that they are rookies is not what FIRST is looking for...we have to realize that everyone put the same amount of time into this...my team is in its third year and ive been there since the begining and this year will be our first shot at nationals, i want the seniors that have dedicated soo much of ehir time into this program to get there and i want every senior that have devoted their invaluable time to be able to do it...and this isnt for just seniors either i just think it is important to recognize all of the teams that are going not just the rookies...not just the veterans and excluding no one...FIRST is about everyone as a whole and i think we need to encourage everyoe to get involved and we wont have any rookie teams if we say stuff like rookies cant go to florida...we need to encourage more and more schools to get involved

Now i didnt mean to go off on that mini tangent but to answer the real question it is a 5 point system...Good Luck Everyone in Florida or if your in any of the upcoming regionals good luck there