[FRC Blog] Wild Cards 2013 and the Harlem Shake

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Ok, I know Frank said they wanted it to be as easy as possible to understand, but here is something I am hung up on...
What if your winning alliance somehow consisted of what also ended up being the RCA, EI, and RAS winning teams at the same event? Would you just have 3 dead slots? That is not clear at all. It seems like they would go right to the 3 finalist robots, but I really do not know.

I don't believe so, based on the wording:

If a team who wins a Regional in 2013 – in other words, if a team who is a member of the Winning Alliance – has already qualified for Championship at an earlier Regional in 2013, a Wild Card slot is created at the Regional which they just won.

Therefore, if they qualify twice at the same Regional, I don't think a space will be created if they didn't already qualify at an EARLIER Regional.

Also, if a team does in fact win a Regional and either RCA, EI, or RAS at the same Regional, AND already won a previous regional, it sounds like only one Wild Card will be available, not two.