[FRC Blog] Stop Build Day (already?), Achievement Streamers, and the Las Vegas Venue

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Originally Posted by Joseph Smith

I don't understand the purpose of the royal blue ribbon. Does that mean a team that competed the first year of FIRST? Or a team that has competed every year continuously since they first started? If it's the latter, wouldn't almost every team qualify for one?

I believe that would be a team that competed the first year of FIRST and is therefore prequalified for Championships. I think the main usefulness of these is that in the eliminations, you can see at a glance how many wild cards an alliance might potentially generate (apart from winning EI or Chairman's at that event)