[Tottanka]

I would really like to see a match between the losers of the semi-finals, competing on the 3rd place. You can find it in many sports competitions worldwide (Football(soccer) World Cup, in the Olympics, Basketball world championship etc.) so i dont see a reason for it not beeing in FIRST too.

I really like the idea of not knowing who you are gonna be with and against in qualifying games. Instant strategy desicions is good practice forthe brain, and it will also give a bit more of an advantage to newer teams, as they scout less.

Something that really bothers me. there are a total of about 350 teams , at Atlanta we had about 220 teams (correct me if im wrong). This means that 2 from every 3 teams is in Atlanta. Israel has 34 teams, only 4 were in Atlanta this year. That is 1 from every 9 teams! FIRST should consider giving one or two more awards which lead to Atlanta. I would suggest adding the Finalist captain, and maybe 3rd place captain. Maybe the highest scoring team, highest rookie seed, and the best optin might be a specail Judges Award that sends a team straight to Atlanta, but only for the quality of it robot, This team must not be a team who won the regional/chairman/engineering Inspiration/rookie-all-star/free ticket to Atlanta anyway.

We must remember that Atlanta is like a dream for most teams, in particular here in Israel, and that having more teams from here in Atlanta would strantghen FIRST Israel, it's teams and add much more teams. We are hoping to have 2 Israeli regionals in 2 years, and having more teams in Atlanta is a hugestep in that direction.

Thanks a lot, Liron