2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by Mr.Smoky15

It may have already been said, but I feel like there needs to be a regional limit. Teams that already have more experience are the ones who go to 2, 3, or 4 regionals a year. If anything, rookies should have more chances to earn a trip to the Dome. Powerhouse teams ending their season with 2 or 3 Regional Winners trophies really hurts the competitiveness of FIRST. Also, a team who's robot can already smash half of a regional to pieces getting extra to work at the regional the week before just kills the entire build season.

There are hundreds of threads on this. The general consensus is that any team can attend 4 if they so choose. It is probably a good idea to start this in one of those threads instead of here, because this is a "problem" every year, not just 2013.

[Thad House]

This year was MUCH better for teams that went to multiple regional and won, because of the Wildcard. So that is much less of an issue now.