Edison was once asked "how do you come up so many good ideas?" to which he responded "for every good idea, I have 99 bad ideas first." - dlavery [more]
That's true... but those teams are also allowed to travel to any other regional as well and earn slots there, further increasing their percentage. However, this is not true for teams in the districts. If they were to go outside their district and win, they lose a spot for the district.
Is this a NE-specific ruling or a new standard? Last year, 2834 won Buckeye and still competed at both MSC and Worlds.
__________________ [Robots R Us #3266] 2015: Georgia Southern Classic (Winners / Thanks 1319 & 1648!), Queen City 2014: Crossroads, Queen City 2013: Buckeye, Queen City, Crossroads 2012: Buckeye, Queen City 2011: Buckeye 2010: Buckeye