Championship Issues with Judging

[Tungrus]

This happens at Michign too! It "seems" like some teams get very little or no time from judges. As a new team couple of years back we felt this happens to new teams and we need to build "reputation" by winning some championships. The reason for us to feel this ways was due to circumstances similar to what DJP wrote. We say judges spend lot of time with powerhouses and veteran teams while newer teams side, judges were not frequenting. We believe many veteran teams do a good job, have a good robot, have a good team, etc., but this definitely does not mean newer teams haven't done their job. Also with Dean's list essays, one year the essay status on STIMS remained unread even after the championship. We don't know if that's how it works, but makes us wonder why?