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Originally Posted by niafabo
our school is having alott of trouble because we are not within the radius of an event. do you think they'll let us register and just not compete?
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If it is too far to get to any of the "official" events, create your own "unofficial" event. Get other teams in your area together and have your own competition. FIRST is publishing the game rules and competition structure. Just use that information to structure your own event, advertise it to the teams in your area, set it up in your high school gym, and have a good time.
The VEX product line was designed, in part, around the "competition in a box" idea. The concept was that small groups of people, or small groups of teams, could get together and hold thier own small, neighborhood-sized, competitions whenever they wanted. The structure would be simple, easy to implement, and without a whole lot of bureaucracy. The hope was that unofficial events would pop up all over the place, and they would provide pathways into the formal competition structure. Things are not quite there yet, but progress is being made. In the mean time, there is nothing that says you cannot get a little ahead of the implementation curve, and have your own event right now.
-dave