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Originally Posted by class1234567

Why do people keep saying that kansas city is a week regional when the facts show that teams from kansas city won other regionals and did well at champs. So can someone explain to me how these where the easier teams.?

1114.
2056.
67.
548.
2410.
254.
16.
1986.
233.
1717.
1730.
1987.
111.
1625.


Of those 14 teams, which ones are nationally known as being good teams?

Or, a shorter list, which ones aren't nationally recognized as being perennially good teams? (2410, 1986, 1987, 1730)*

Now, which of those teams were at Kansas City? (16, 2410, 1730, 1986, 1987) What other teams that might have a lot of national/world recognition were there?

Take Midwest. Take Queen City. Take Central Valley. Take Orlando. Take St. Louis Regional. Who did they have on that list that was nationally recognized?

You ask why Kansas City is considered a weak regional when teams from that regional did well elsewhere too. I ask you, how many of the teams at Kansas City are known to the FRC community at large to do well, year in and year out, year after year?

The answer: One. I'll give you three more halves--I can think of at least three that were there that are what I'd call "on the way", but it might be a year or two. I'll give you one more half for some of the teams for whom it might be 4-5 years. Add them all up. In a 64-team event, 3 teams known to the FRC community at large--when a 66-team event can summon a good, solid, 5-6 teams without going into half-teams that are up and coming--is not exactly a strong regional in terms of recognition.

What are you going to do about it? Quit whining about how "our regional is as tough as yours but you say it's weak", and start getting some good solid upper-echelon robots known out there in the nation at large, and us saying it's a weak regional will take care of itself. Go beat some of the best at their home events--or better yet, at the Championship. And not just in one year, but in two or three years. How else do you think Michigan got its reputation for good teams? How about Midwest as a tough regional?


*This statment is not meant as a slight against these teams. The Fantasy FIRSTers would probably consider any one of them slipping to the second round of drafting--or worse, third round--to be a huge error on multiple people's parts, and a tremendous steal at that point in the draft, depending of course on event size and who else is there. But, there aren't that many bold enough to play the Season Long league...