Pacific NW District (Official)

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

Absolutely. Kevin and Deb noted that the district system is being created to improve the quality for local teams. After every team in Washington and Oregon is taken care of, and Idaho/Montana teams have received their invitations, there is a possibility that others may be able to join. We have always been glad to have teams travel to our events, but we are growing fast. I was glad to have 4334 in Seattle and I hope we will see more of you in the future!

I don't believe this can work quite like this unless the teams from further afield commit fully to participating the district hierarchy. It'll introduce similar problems to what I've mentioned further up the thread if you have out-of-district teams competing at a district event, as the points earned will be meaningless to them (and they will be unable to earn a berth at the World Championship at the same time).

Districted teams are required to register first for a district event before deciding to attend a traditional regional. I don't believe it's fair to allow outside teams to select a regional event first and then opt to compete in a district event whereby they hurt the chance for local teams to advance to higher levels of play.