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Originally Posted by inkling16
@Allison
Am I interpreting this spreadsheet correctly to mean that no Michigan rookies made it to the State Tournament this year? And only 1 rookie last year? Because if so, this is most likely what FIRST HQ is trying to remedy.
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It will be interesting to see how the rookie "bonus" points work out in the Pacific Northwest this year. The district has grown massively since 2008 and rookie teams regularly hold down key positions as Captains and highly picked alliance members at regional events. This may be different from the more established districts back east, where there are dozens of highly competitive, established teams.
In VRC we have found that having a "B" division at the provincial championships has been very helpful for developing teams*. It makes total sense that a district would want to hold one or two "non-championship" events, where the teams who did not advance to the state championship would have the opportunity to win matches and experience being an alliance captain or high seed.
Jason
* Teams that competed in the BC Championships "A" division last year actually had a higher win percentage at VRC Worlds than they did at the BCIT. Developing teams were quite happy to play in "B" Division and not face world champions and runners-up.
to have someone honored as being honered next to us is a huge compliment thank you lol - Aren_Hill [more] 
31-10-2013, 22:16
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