next years nationals

[Nate Smith]

Originally posted by DaBruteForceGuy
We did awesome as a rookie team earning 4 points worth of rookie seed awards and rookie alstars. So even though we went to nats automatically they say that we can use those points for next year BUT in order to be able to add-on to those we need to get some sort of technical award, and get that extra point to go!
I was wondering if i am right about this.

Yes and no...you are correct that using the 2002 formula, you have 4 points, and under the rules given to us back in September(approximately), you would need one more point to qualify for next year's nationals. Keep in mind that this same situation applies to every other even numbered team this year.

However, FIRST has not yet released the formula for determining Championship qualification for 2003. Therefore, the point values may change, other things may be taken into consideration, and you may end up qualifying after all.

None of us really know for sure until FIRST releases the qualification formula, so anything that is brought up here is purely speculation. I have a feeling FIRST isn't going to be saying anything certain before they hold the team forums on August 1.