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Originally Posted by kwotremb
I think this is one of the better reasons I have heard to not have a ship/bag-tag date. This would work really well for those teams that made it to championships but need a few more dollars to get there. They can bring their robot around to local companies and be able to show them their robot itself. Without this all you can do is show them pictures, but having a robot there would make it easier to get them as a sponsor. Personally I can see positives to both sides.
As far as districts go I do hope they do this nation wide. It is a good way to get out and be able to play a lot of matches/events. Like many it will depend on how they split up the nation. Overall I think natural geography rather than state lines should play more of a role into where teams land. I dont think teams should be able to change the district they compete in, but allowing them to play in a 3rd event outside of there district if theres room would be a decent idea. Hope they do it and curious to see where the lines end up. Sounded like last year this would probably happen after the competition this year.
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Agreed! I think that districts too will have a better ability to help complete Dean's homework as they are more "local" events. It seems that more public comes to see some off-season events in Manchester such as River Rage than GSR. Yes, that assumption may be wrong a little, but I hear a ton of people walk in the doors saying they heard there was a robotics competition and decided to come in. How many people will travel 40+mins to a regional to watch a team compete from their local high school? Most likely only family and close, close friends would do that. If a state had several districts spread out, the public would have an easier time coming into the regional right down the street than a trip down the highway.
EDIT: I would like to apologize for two posts I made earlier in this thread as I did not think thoroughly through the idea and they were not related to this thread which is why they were deleted.