FRC Blogged-Standard District Point Structure

[Jared]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

If you have specific issues or questions, please send them to the link in the blog, so that they can be reviewed and addressed.

I will make a few comments that might help.

Every change that was made was modeled to see how it would have impacted previous years results. The FiM database and MAR databases of results are exceptional and helped us significantly.

Just about every comment made in the posts so far was also discussed by the team while we worked through this. The panel was diverse in experience, philosophy, approach to each point. We tried every angle.

While there might be a specific item you don't like or agree with, step back and look at the total system and what it accomplishes.

I really agree with this. There are a few things I'm not a fan of, but it's really important to look at the big picture. Coming from a team that's been to a ton of competitions, we realize how confusing and difficult it must be for a rookie team to be competitive. There are so many little things to make sure that the team does right (like charging batteries/quick bumper mounts) that rookie teams won't know about.

Some of the points that magnets brings up are true, but FIRST wouldn't really be FIRST if we didn't spread the word and end up with all the awesome sponsors who make everything possible.

I'm excited for districts in 2013!
Does anybody know if the NE districts will be getting the robot access period that FiM and MAR got last year?