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Re: No more Seeding Rounds on Sat.

Posted by bill whitley at 12/25/2000 11:01 PM EST


Student on team #70, Auto City Bandits, from Powers Catholic High School and Kettering University.


In Reply to: Re: No more Seeding Rounds on Sat.
Posted by Andy Grady on 12/24/2000 6:36 PM EST:



I have to agree with Andy on this. Many teams do not make the finals and they should be allowed the oppurtunity to participate in at least 1 match on Saturday. I've been through two FIRST seasons so far, and haven't made the finals once. It's killer to put so much blood, sweat & tears into this robot and to have it not preform the way you had hoped and designed it to. Saturday is already a hard enough day for all teams (except 3). I think that sending hundreds of people to the competition for a day when they know they have nothing to do would not be good for FIRST.

I would like to see seeding matches start earlier so that we can get more matches, more interaction, more scouting. I also think that all teams should be able to go to nationals. Going to nationals is what really hooked me on FIRST my rookie year. Some time soon we will probably have to break into division at nationals, but I think that all teams should be given the oppurtunity to attend.

: Im gonna have to disagree with Joe on this one. Reason being, what about those teams who don't make it into the elimination rounds. Im sorry but id rather play 2 rounds if we are out of it on friday than nothing at all. However I do agree that teams should be given more time to look over who they want as partners. So here is my suggestion. Run seeding thursday night (as they did in 98), friday and early saturday. Late saturday morning or around noon, teams are given 1 1/2 hours to mill over who they want, then the selection begins, followed by a 15 minute strategy break, and on to the games.

: Cya,
: Andy Grady =)


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