Disappointing Game

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Originally Posted by RogerR

I noticed several posts mentioning the unfairness of Israeli teams going to only one regional. Its worth noting that this is the case for the majority of FRC teams the world over, including many (most?) that played in week one events. According to Mark's data (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&postcount=297) only about a third of teams attend multiple events, counting districts. Outside of districts, nearly 75% of teams attend only one event. Until districts become universal, yours isn't a unique situation.

Honestly, I think that is an unaccurate assessment. I think the situation in Israel IS in fact unique (with the only other one being Hawaii. The few other FRC teams that are not North America based do not have a local regional and so it's a different story altogether)... I think the main issue is that the expenses for Israeli/Hawaiian teams wishing to go to another regional are far greater than those of any Contintental American/Canadian team doing the same (For the pure reason of the flights for all students, and getting visas (which costs money)).

When you pay 950+ USD per ticket for 25(ish) students and mentors, that is about 28,500 USD. And that is just for flying the team to New York. I Won't talk about the further expenses if you reach the Championships... nor the other expenses that are issues for ALL teams going to another regional (transportaion, accomodation, food ect.), but you get the point. Without disrespecting other teams and their fundraising programs, it's a completely different ballgame.

What I think this post/comments are aiming for, is that it is difficult to have a game that is still glitchy (and I take nothing away from 3316/1574/3065, who were affected just like everone else ofc.), when you have no option to play again, due to the sheer amount of money needed for Israeli/Hawaiian teams to make it to another regional.

HOWEVER, I think that is just how the cookie crumbles. I see no viable solution in the near future and I don't think there is any blame to pass around in terms of the scheduling of the regional (there were no other good dates).

At the end of the day, TikiTech summed it up nicely: "Be proud of what you have accomplished." And start your preperations for next season