Why Give Open Bids to the Championship?

[,4lex S.]

Does the Championship have room for 6 or 8 divisions? I never had a chance to go so I can't tell for sure, but this seems like it would solve the issue entriely.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by ,4lex S.

Does the Championship have room for 6 or 8 divisions? I never had a chance to go so I can't tell for sure, but this seems like it would solve the issue entriely.

I don't think there is room. You might get 8 fields onto the floor, but then FTC and FLL have to find a new place, and 8 fields worth of spectators need to find seating.

[Enigma's puzzle]

Originally Posted by EricH

I don't think there is room. You might get 8 fields onto the floor, but then FTC and FLL have to find a new place, and 8 fields worth of spectators need to find seating.

All that goes out the window next year, as the championship moves to St. Louis. That would be an interesting thought. 6 divisions, and then on Einstein they play everyone plays everyone once, and the two alliances with the most wins, and for tie breaks you look at the record against between the two. But i doubt the spacial gains will be that large seeing that both are football stadiums.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Enigma's puzzle

All that goes out the window next year, as the championship moves to St. Louis. That would be an interesting thought. 6 divisions, and then on Einstein they play everyone plays everyone once, and the two alliances with the most wins, and for tie breaks you look at the record against between the two. But i doubt the spacial gains will be that large seeing that both are football stadiums.

And the difference between two football stadiums is sideline space at best.

You *might* be able to get 6 divisions, if you moved FTC and FLL elsewhere. You **might** be able to get 8, if you brought in 2 more fields and played geometry games and roped off divisional seating. (Also: pulled the lower stands all the way back. You'll pay for that in reduced seating, though.)

There are places to put FTC and FLL. There's a theater in the America's Center that might have enough room for one of them. There's the America's Ballroom that might be able to handle one of them, with pits. The convention halls could probably handle the rest of the pits alongside the FRC pits. But it'd be a tight fit.

It's going to be a major PITA to figure that out, especially if you don't want complaints. I don't think they'll expand for a while yet.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Enigma's puzzle

All that goes out the window next year, as the championship moves to St. Louis. That would be an interesting thought. 6 divisions, and then on Einstein they play everyone plays everyone once, and the two alliances with the most wins, and for tie breaks you look at the record against between the two. But i doubt the spacial gains will be that large seeing that both are football stadiums.

That would be a lot less dramatic than a single elimination tournament, since you don't know how much each match you watch matters. If Einstein went to more than 4 but less than 8, there would have to be some change in game dynamic to accommodate it.