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Originally Posted by skippy178
Maybe I've been hung up on the term "regional", and as others have pointed out, the word "invitational" maybe seems a better fit for the way the current FRC competition operates.
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NCAA basketball "Regionals" - I rest my case.
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Originally Posted by EricH
Actually, there was a regional this year that was only open to rookies at Kettering University. The idea was to try out a low-cost event plan and give the rookies a little extra competition. I would support continuing this--bring the bottom up, not the top down. Some rookies don't need it. Most do. Even some veterans do.
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Originally Posted by jasper.s.jacobs
an all rookie competition sounds like a pretty good experience for the rookie teams, but I am concerned that it would just turn into a lapbot-fest that would be less than exciting to say the very least. Sorry for sounding harsh, but I think it might be pretty boring to be in, and much more boring to watch, thats why atlanta is so great, ever single match is full of action. Regardless it is probably a good enough idea to entertain, and try to develop.
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You do realize that one of those rookies at Kettering was the 2nd seed on Curie, right? Most probably the Enginerds didn't "need" a rookie-only event, but it certainly didn't hurt - they went on to win the Rookie All Star at Detroit, and were in the top 8 in both Detroit and West Michigan. While the pace of the competition at Kettering might not have been equal to that at Atlanta, it was exciting (except for the 4-hour field delay). And I dare say that there were some matches at regular regional events that were not as exciting either.