[purplehaze357]

I disagree about the bad teams bringing the good teams down. I believe its the "good" teams bringing the "bad" teams up. I dont think FIRST is about the top 30%, everyone who builds a robot ought to be able to compete in nationals.

agreed...but greg i think the one thing that you missed on this whole topic is that FIRST isnt about bringing a team "up" or bringing teams "down" its about everyone coming together to and bringing each other together...now i have never been involved in an orginization where this type of competition exists...so i think this is about the friendship...FIRST is a great experience.

Now about a different subject now...where should nationals be held...hmm we need a place that is big enough to hold say 15,000 people and of course ive never been to one so i dont know...this year will be ourfirst if we can get the money but i think the bottom line here is that disney is too expensive.....we need a place that is cheaper...and actually now that i think about it we could have it right here in philly at the old convention center..which is huge and philadelphia hotels cheaper...philadelphia is a great place and of course its not as cool as say disney world the experienceis the same...just a thought..lets think about that...

Good Luck to those going to Nationals!