Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Cory

As a side note, do most teams even know what potential partners are qualified for Atlanta, and which aren't? It's not one of our criteria, so I've never even paid attention. I just look for the best robots, best drivers, and best strategists.

Hmm..I'm not sure if teams look that up, but I try to find out who's going where during pre-scouting before a regiona but only to see their standings at previous regionals and awards they won. But our selections aren't based on if a team is already qualified to go to Atlanta or not.

I kinda do see where fuzzy is coming from although I don't agree that teams should always pick other teams who aren't qualified for the Championships. If it was my team that was selected by a high seeded team merely because we didn't do well at the regional, I would be a little insulted as being a "pity" selection. Oh and fuzzy, you seem to forget that the best of the best do the best scouting. That is what selections should be based on. Scouting and faith in another team (be they rookie or veteran) can take a team very far into eliminations and possibly to a victory.

Sure there are teams who sympathize with teams who deserve a shot at Atlanta, but if that certain team is picked and they don't win with the strong alliance captain that picked them, it won't really make the selected team work as hard next year to improve on their team as it would if the team was not selected because they didn't deserve to be selected.

+$0.02

(hehe, good thing i don't have work tomorrow)