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[Mr. Lim]

Originally Posted by Michael Blake

In Texas, over the last several years... 118 Robonauts, 148 Robowranglers, 624 CRyptonite, and 1477 Texas Torque have dominated as Regional Alliance-WINNERS at Regionals and gone to the CHAMPIONSHIP. SOMETIMES winning multiple Texas Regionals in the same season shutting-out access (via a WIN) to CMP for the 5th-8th best Texas teams... is THIS _any different_ in your Canadian territory?!

No, but it is very different than the District Model, where 5th-8th are punching their tickets to CMP... even if they don't outright win a competition.

That aspect alone increases the competitiveness of the Texas teams sent to CMP. A group that includes the 5th to 8th best teams is more competitive than one that includes the 24th to 27th best instead.

Whether you think this is better (philosophically) for your region, is subject to debate.

There is merit to giving your region's weaker teams the opportunity to go to CMP, but with CMP slots becoming a rarer commodity, someone is going to be left out.