Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?

[KarenH]

Originally Posted by skippy178

Whether you realised it or not, you saw it happen this weekend in Atlanta, where the highest ever team number to be a Championship Winner in the finals alliance was team 1114. That means there are over half the teams with numbers above that who have NEVER been to that dizzying level.

Looking at

http://www2.usfirst.org/2008comp/eve...in/awards.html

the Rookie awards were for teams 2352 and 2599, who are 1200+ team numbers AFTER those in the Winners alliance. How many years will it be before we see those teams being part of the winning alliances ?

I don't know about those particular teams, but I was astonished to see a rookie team, 2340, seeded 3rd on Galileo. In Curie, 2337 was seeded 2nd; they even made it to their division semifinals. With this kind of performance from rookies, I wouldn't be too concerned about who wins the Championship. It could very well be one of them next year.