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Re: Why Give Open Bids to the Championship?

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
This was one of the reasons I quit FTC, and my least favorite part of the program other than the Kit of Parts. In FTC, it's actually a lot worse. You have to be the Alliance Captain. Your Championship fate isn't determined by how good you are, but how good your qualifying schedule is. The first pick isn't guaranteed a spot, so you're SOL if you're the best robot at the competition and seeded 3rd because you had no partner one match.

If you make it qualification only, you have to make it more fair.
I would agree with that. The qualification process for FTC is screwed up, though I've never heard of a first pick not making it, and most second picks do go, but it's still really annoying and there are amazing robots every year that don't qualify. My point is more that a strict qualification process for FRC wouldn't destroy the values of FIRST, especially a fairer/better one.
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