Looking for District Naysayers

[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

You can edit the title of a POST, but not a thread. I don't think it shows up as the thread title even if you edit it after the fact.

Having been a Mod on another Vbulletin based forum, yes. Thread titles are edited by editing the thread as a whole from the "Thread tools" tab (if memory serves correctly). However, as mentioned, this tool is only visible to Mods and Admins, so if you want one changed, a mod/admin must do it for you.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by simpsonboy77

I'm all for districts, however by switching to districts the events lost a sparkle they had. The main detractor is the fact that we simply do not see as many unique teams. Outside of the 120ish teams MAR has, we seldom see teams outside of MAR. By having 60 teams instead of 40, the stands would just have 50% more people. It felt bigger, more energetic. With this point in mind, I'd still rather have districts. For the same price, you get 2 events, AND you get more plays at each of those events than a regional.

California now has several regionals that are in the 40 team range so that's no longer an advantage. Note on the other hand that many more teams get to a much larger District Champs of 100 teams or more.

[GeeTwo]

I am all in favor of being able to compete in a district situation - almost three times as many matches for the same dollar cost, and only a slight increase in travel cost.

That said, I AM worried about losing the inspiration provided at Bayou Regional in recent years by many great teams from Texas, California, Florida, and so forth, who will be much less likely to travel to Louisiana and Mississippi (Slidell is practically on the border; half of our mentors, including me, work in MS) as TX, CA, and FL transition to districts over the next few years.

I'd like to see the district system tweaked in such a way as to continue to encourage those high-inspiration teams to travel; in the long run, it's probably good for them, and it's definitely good for us in the less-tech-heavy parts of the country and world.

[bkahl]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

I am all in favor of being able to compete in a district situation - almost three times as many matches for the same dollar cost, and only a slight increase in travel cost.

That said, I AM worried about losing the inspiration provided at Bayou Regional in recent years by many great teams from Texas, California, Florida, and so forth, who will be much less likely to travel to Louisiana and Mississippi (Slidell is practically on the border) as TX, CA, and FL transition to districts over the next few years.

I'd like to see the district system tweaked in such a way as to continue to encourage those high-inspiration teams to travel; in the long run, it's probably good for them, and it's definitely good for us in the less-tech-heavy parts of the country and world.

Originally Posted by ASD20

Let's try not to turn this thread into another districts debate.

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[TheBoulderite]

Colorado doesn't have enough teams yet (I think we're in the 30s), so I support the regional. Plus, we usually have another really awesome team from another state come to compete and inspire everyone there with their robot and team.