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Just what do you think this means?

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Year - Event: 2013 Buckeye Regional
I like the team name!
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Re: Registration 2013

It's the Aaaaaa Team!
It is ok, 1114, 2056, and 4334, you guys can still be the Eh Team.
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There is a bit of waitlist clearing going on across a bunch of Regionals.

3.9% gain so far over last year's final count.
12.9% are new teams - that's still under the average by about 7%
Returning teams are half a percent under the average return rate (> 90%).

Multi-event teams as of this past weekend:
  • 4 events .5% (12)
  • 3 events 2% (47)
  • 2 events 29% (711)
  • 1 event 68% (1649)
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15% of the estimated 3848 available slots are unclaimed/unassigned at present.
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There is a bit of waitlist clearing going on across a bunch of Regionals.

3.9% gain so far over last year's final count.
12.9% are new teams - that's still under the average by about 7%
Returning teams are half a percent under the average return rate (> 90%).

Multi-event teams as of this past weekend:
  • 4 events .5% (12)
  • 3 events 2% (47)
  • 2 events 29% (711)
  • 1 event 68% (1649)
Who are these teams and where are they competing?
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Who are these teams and where are they competing?
216, 244, and 288 will be at Traverse City District, Troy District, GTR East, and Western Canada
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Who are these teams and where are they competing?
16: CMP, Hub, WI, AR
25: CMP, NV, MAR-Hatboro, MAR-TCNJ
118: CMP, TX, LA, SJC
216: Tor-E, W CA, MI-Traverse, MI-Troy
244: Tor-E, W CA, MI-Traverse, MI-Troy
288: Tor-E, W CA, MI-Traverse, MI-Troy
341: CMP, NV, MAR-Hatboro, MAR-Springside
365: CMP, MD, MAR-Hatboro, Mar-Lenape
987: CMP, SDC, UT, NV
1114: CMP, Tor-E, WAT, TOR-W
1528: Queen, OH, MI-Waterford, MI-St. Joseph
2056: CMP, Tor-E, WAT, TOR-W
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For a second there I thought you meant 1114/2056 had joined a 4th regional while I wasn't watching.

For several of these teams their 4th event is CMP.
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Re: Registration 2013

A few of these teams could actually compete in 6 events if they play in their District Championship and also go to Champs. Not sure which gets beaten up worse...the team robots or team members On a side note, 987 will only compete in 2 regionals and Champs if we don't get NASA Challenge Grant for Utah...
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Tasmania has fielded a team, those devils.
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Not sure which gets beaten up worse...the team robots or team members
There's a lot of truth to this! Building a robot to survive 2 districts, a Regional, a Region Championship, and World Championships (plus 4 - soon to be 5 - off season events) is a challenge in itself.
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There's a lot of truth to this! Building a robot to survive 2 districts, a Regional, a Region Championship, and World Championships (plus 4 - soon to be 5 - off season events) is a challenge in itself.
Totally agree. Our robot this past year, while not playing as much as some of you guys in districts played, still reached the 100 match plateau by seasons end. We're very proud of the fact that the robot reached that level and is still going strong.

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Strictly theoretically speaking, 1114 and 2056 COULD play 5 regionals, all in Canada, plus CMP.

I'm actually a little surprised we didn't see 1114 take the leap yet this year to play in the 3 Ontario regionals + Montreal, and have a crack at being the first team to win 4 regionals in the same season. I mean, now that they've won CCA, there aren't really any more 'traditional' high-level awards left for them to aim at that they haven't already won at least once before.
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I mean, now that they've won CCA, there aren't really any more 'traditional' high-level awards left for them to aim at that they haven't already won at least once before.
Do not underestimate the difficulty of repeating their high level of performance (both on and off the field) year after year. It's quite a feat.

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Believe me I don't. I have had the privilege of front row seats for their entire FRC career.

However, knowing Simbotics, they're always striving toward a lofty goal, taking things to new heights. I'm not sure where they can strive to go from here that doesn't feel like more of the same.

They're already 4 time triple regional winners (06,08,10,11), 3 time CMP Division Champions(08,10,12), 1 time Champions of the World(08), Championship Chairmans Award Winners(12), 6 time RCA winners (06,08,09,10,11,12), have spent much of the last 10 years building new teams and events, both FIRST and VEX, have been on a serial TV program and more.

Where else can they go? I certainly can't wait to see.
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However, knowing Simbotics, they're always striving toward a lofty goal, taking things to new heights. I'm not sure where they can strive to go from here that doesn't feel like more of the same.
I think a lot of top teams design robots to be "Einstein" level to win. Even though Simbots have won a championship, they're probably hungry for another one, two, or three championships.

Out of all the teams that I've looked up to, they're the one of the few teams that consistently has the robot, the drivers, and the scouting to drive a championship winning team. Being there is "easy" for them, pulling it off is "hard" and I'm sure they'll keep pushing to win the champs no matter how many other big awards may or may not be available.

Sidenote, they're missing a Championship WFA?

Edit: Apologies if I missed the point of your post.
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