Are awards given at random somewhat?

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Originally Posted by sanddrag

I have one question. If a team wins an award one year, and are the most deserving of the same award the next year, are the judges inclined to give it to someone else to "spread the wealth"?

At many regionals judges are not the same from one year to the next. Judges are invited guests, VIPs, employees for Regional sponsors and other "important" people. Normally the Judge Adviser or sometimes one or two judges are the same for the regional year after year, as they are part of the planning committee or close to the regional. Thus at most regionals the team of judges will not know what teams won what awards the year before or the week before.