Districts in Israel 2017 Announced

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Gregor

California, New York, Minnesota ect., your lack of districts have now entered the realm of laughably sad. Good job Isreal.

New York will never go district. I can feel my blood pressure rising just thinking about it!

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by Gregor

California, New York, Minnesota ect., your lack of districts have now entered the realm of laughably sad. Good job Isreal.

Sigh, Minnesota what are we gonna do with you...

[bdaroz]

Originally Posted by Gregor

California, New York, Minnesota ect., your lack of districts have now entered the realm of laughably sad.

Perhaps... but it'll be a New York team that figures out how to attend two regionals on the same dates.

[Gil3075]

Originally Posted by BMSOTM

It really does make sense. Israeli has such a high number of teams in such a small area. Israeli teams currently have to fly accross an ocean to attend multiple events, so most don't. From my personal experience on a district team, the additional play time for the same price to improve and iterate can be immensely rewarding and makes FIRST a much more worthwhile investment.

It was/is actually a concern, that teams in Israel put so much effort and time and money into the robot - and if they don't win or don't even qualify - it all ends up with 10 matches, as going to another regional is too expensive (only three teams have done that so far), so it's great that teams will have more than one competition.

[Hitchhiker 42]

This is the second district going to South Champs (after PNW), right? Should make the field there a little bit more competitive, which is another benefit.

[wajirock]

Originally Posted by jajabinx124

Sigh, Minnesota what are we gonna do with you...

Minnesota will go to districts when the Vikings win the Super Bowl.

[TDav540]

Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42

This is the second district going to South Champs (after PNW), right? Should make the field there a little bit more competitive, which is another benefit.

Did you mean second largest district? Because otherwise you're forgetting about NC and GA, which are also in districts. Additionally, GA and Israel have about the same number of teams.

[GuyM142]

So excited! Finally Israel will be able to send its best teams to the World Championship all at once. Israeli trams have improved a lot in the recent years and sending only 6 left many good teams at home. Not anymore..

[ttnn58]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

This is beyond fantastic. Talking to some Israeli teams I've learned just how hard Frc is financially for you all. Especially if you wanted to do 2 events + worlds. Although... The jealousy is real.

actually, as i see it now this change will make the financial side of frc even harder. the basic cost of KOP and 2 district event will rise to 40K and it won't include the cost of ordered products and for teams who qualify to the district championship (about 60% of the teams) another 12K.... the next season will probably cost 20K more then previous seasons for a qualifying team (about 4-5K dollars), and if this team will qualify to the FIRST championship they will have to arrange flghts, hotels, visas, food, transport, etc.. in 3.5 weeks. (without talking about the financial challange)
anyway this is a hugh improvement for the avarage israeli teams, who used to compete in 1 event each year, and now can compete in 2-3 events, with better chance to qualify to the FIRST championship.

[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by TDav540

Did you mean second largest district? Because otherwise you're forgetting about NC and GA, which are also in districts. Additionally, GA and Israel have about the same number of teams.

Oh gosh, I got the map completely mixed up in my mind. For some reason, I remembered it as east/west split in the US.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by wajirock

Minnesota will go to districts when the Vikings win the Super Bowl.

You think Minnesota will be ready for districts in 2018?

[Tal_Esh]

I am not sure all of you guys know so, getting a visa can take couple of weeks and about 150 USD..
So the short period between the DCMP and Worlds is a bit problematic, anyway it's gonna be interesting

[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by wajirock

Minnesota will go to districts when the Vikings win the Super Bowl.

Normally I'm a Colts fan, but I may have to cheer for another team this time .

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Sounds like Israel is trying the Indiana-style micro-district routine. Too bad I'm half a world away otherwise I'd love to lend a hand.

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by bdaroz

Perhaps... but it'll be a New York team that figures out how to attend two regionals on the same dates.

Go the Palmetto route of bagging your main bot and practice bot at the same time.

[Ari423]

Now that I'm studying at the Technion, I'd love to lend a hand with all the competitions I can! One of the nice things about Israel's geography is nothing is too far away for a weekend drive

EDIT: I am wondering whether the competitions will be on Saturday and Sunday like most US district competitions or Friday and Saturday in accordance with the Israeli weekend.