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I have been skimming the posts in this Thread, so if I have any wrong impressions let me know
I belive the judges should give the awards to those who deserve them..regardless of whether they qualifyor not. If the regional competitions become more about winning and less about testing and preparing, more teams are going to be going for the big win and for the awards and less are going to go just for the experiance. I believe the selection process is fair, to an extent. If you have a good robot, you will qualify one way or another. My team has made it into the finals in our regional both of our two past years. We didnt have the best robot our first year, and we didnt have the most funding, but we showed that we could do what we said. If every other rookie team could do that..they would have 2 points towards nats...if they are top rookie, they get 1 more, and if they win the rookie judges award they are in.
There are so many doors you can go through to get to nats..I think most people should stop being shelfish and just do the best they can at regionals...then worry about nationals.
Gabe Goldman
(sorry...but i was thinking out loud)
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