Championships in 2017

[Koko Ed]

All I got to say is God forbid FIRST puts out a bad game next year. It'll make an already difficult transition even more painful.

[rich2202]

Since the two "champs" are on different weekends, how about FIRST pays for the Winning Alliance (10 members of each team) of the first Champs weekend to go to the 2nd Champs. On Saturday, the Winner of Champs 1 plays the Winner of Champs 2.

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by rich2202

Since the two "champs" are on different weekends, how about FIRST pays for the Winning Alliance (10 members of each team) of the first Champs weekend to go to the 2nd Champs. On Saturday, the Winner of Champs 1 plays the Winner of Champs 2.

I find that hard to be plausible, even if FIRST pays for it all it takes is a couple people who can't make it or whatsoever for the plan to cancel. We also have to realize the students and mentors on each teams have jobs and school to attend.

Also, the match up would be unfair because the Winner of Champs 2 would be "more in rhythm" driving wise because they just got done with wining Champs 2 whereas the winner of Champs 1 will be less in rhythm because they had break from driving since the weekend of Champs 1. Giving them some time to practice could make it better but nothing beats getting into the rhythm more than driving in your subdivision elimination matches and Einstein matches.

[TheBoulderite]

Here's a solution. The two winning alliances could play each other over Skype. To substitute for the other alliance at each championship, three field volunteers will be selected at random to dress up in robot costumes and recreate what the other alliance is doing.