Championship attendance

[Gadget470]

Our team came into view the year after major championship attendance rules were put in place.

That would be this year, they started it last year.
There is still roughly the same number of teams (Within 20 I would assume) as before. They put the restrictions in because the venue was not large enough to hold the massive amount of teams that would be there. Probably just half of the teams did not get to go to nationals because they were odd numbered and didn't hit the right performance at [the] regional(s) they attended.

I can't say whether or not the experience is different, I have been to nationals twice, 00 and 01, last year my old team 247 came very close to making it to nationals (Finalist, Semi-Finalist, and Quarter-Finalist at different regionals) but we didn't qualify (Last year was even number teams). This year, I am with 470 and being even and it being an odd year we may not be going. It all depends on how well we can build and drive our machine. I'm hoping, and going to be working hard to go to Texas.