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Re: New FIRST competition structure in Michigan
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MI teams are saving money, yes...unless you merit Atlanta, compared to teams who qualify through one regional.
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I guess what you say could possibly be true, but did not actually happen last year. From the 118 teams in Michigan, only 4 went to one regional and Atlanta. None of these 4 earned their way in to Atlanta, they purchased open slots and did not qualify thru competition. So I guess if you want to do one event and try to get lucky, you can go out of state. Here in Michigan we are going to try to reduce randomness as much as possible and implement a system in which all competing teams get enough matches to more definitively determine who is the best. If you want to depend on luck, go to the casino. FIRST is about Math and Science. Statistic 101 says, if you take more samples, you can sort more robustly. The new system will definitely be much better at promoting the best robots.
Obviously cannot be proved until we execute, but I would be willing to bet that the level of competition at the 2009 MI championship will be better than at any other regional event in the world.
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