[FTC]: Questions about first time at FTC World Championship

[JohnFogarty]

You forgot The Teir Lottery wich adds the winning alliances partner making the number double, and also we were told we had to bring a cart but the person who told us to was if you rememeber the Nationals Announcer he's from SC so he gave us our intructions for nationals, there will be without a doubt more than 100 teams from FTC there. And i know the logistics wont work for the FTC FRC runnning around feilds but i may have to do it.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

No one at FIRST has told us either that a cart is required (we didn't have one in 2008) or that they will allow more than 100 teams. Where did you get your information? I count something like 30-something competitions, and with only the alliance captain of the winning alliance and the Inspire winner invited, I don't even see how the event will get to 100 without allowing open enrollment. I'm puzzled by your comments. Thanks in advance for pointing us to the FIRST documentation of this.

Are they still doing what they did in 2008 and inviting the first selection through a lottery to fill the remaining spots?

[Monty Python]

Someone at the event I attended this season said that they were (I think they were from FIRST, but I'm not sure). However, eligibility criterion still haven't been released yet, so we can't be 100 percent sure.

From http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...t.aspx?id=4378

FTC World Championship Event Eligibility Criteria


The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship will be held in Atlanta, April 14 - 16, 2010 (dates subject to change), at the Georgia Dome. 100 FTC teams will be eligible to participate in the FTC World Championship.

Eligibility criteria will be announced in September/October 2009.

Note the 100 teams thing as well.

[JesseK]

Schedule-wise, it doesn't work out if there are more than 50 teams per division. Running a competitions with 32 teams in a single day is rough as it is!

[JohnFogarty]

That criteria is quite ridiculous 100 teams wow