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Re: New Championship Layout 2015

I don't like splitting off rookies into their own division, at least forcing them to do so. Maybe rookies can optionally play in a weaker division, but treating them as second class robots *purely* based on age when tons of veteran teams can't play either is unfair.

I also think the rookie / bad team "problem" is going to fix itself as districts become the norm everywhere. The real problem is that there should be some number of Rookie All Stars at champs, but that number is probably less than one per regional. A similar argument could be made for second pick regional winners, but there are many that were essential to their alliance and made the Championship elims so this can't be a blanket change. As we go to Districts, fewer slots are given to RAS / EI and more spots are given to high performing robots. The only second pick which guarantees qualification is the district champion whom has always deserved to play at Champs. If everyone could switch to districts tomorrow, this problem would be barely noticeable.

Until then, I'm not sure there's a great solution. Perhaps RAS would enter your team into a draft where the top X rookie teams advance to Champs - based on the district point system applied to that event. Maybe some kind of "scoring check" to ensure your team has the basic ability to manipulate a game piece or otherwise positively contribute to an alliance. But none of these ideas sound all that great, honestly.
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