2005 Regionals

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Heretic121

sorry to be all mean and mad and stuff... but... BOO NEW REGIONALS!!! i mean, i guess its good that First is expanding and everything, but its almost like watering out competition, and teams and matches that may have happened, that made UTC so great, this year IMO, but sadly it only had 36 teams. If there was a way to up that # isntead of kill it down, i think it would make things like Regional Champs mean more. but like i said i guess the expansion is a good thing.

Somewhere in that mess, I saw you have a point.

As FIRST expands, there will be more teams. These new teams need to compete, this means: more regionals.
Since these new teams are rookies, they (with a few awesome exceptions... Simbots, I'm looking at you) probably aren't as good as the "veterans". What does this mean?

The competitions will see "watered down". That is, you have to look a little harder to find a "stang-class" robot. Will they be any less exciting? Maybe, for a little while....

Here's the kicker: In 5 years, all these "rookies" we've got now, will be up to par with the "Chief Delphi"s of the world... then what?

You got it folks, it'll be a whole new world.

Expansion of FIRST is good because it exposes more students to the INCREDIBLE virtues of this program. Expansion is bad for FIRST because, it becomes more difficult to continue to provide an experience at the same level of previous years. FIRST is growing, and experiencing some growing pains, but overall..... expansion is a good thing. Sky's the limit.
FIRST ROCKS! Seriously.

Did you have any less fun this year at BAE then in previous years? Were the finals at UTC any less exciting than previous years? Heck no!
Did winning UTC mean less this year? Of course not.

FIRST is great, and it's only going to get better.
Especially with all the great people who are already involved, working their butts off to MAKE it better.

I'm excited for the future, and you should be too.

JV