The Divisions...

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by Collin Fultz

Dr. Joe - It's so funny you bring this up. Late last year I was surfing the Archives of CD (I lead such a glamorous life) and found your post (from around 1999?) highlighting your thoughts on how (at that time) Nationals needed to be restructured into it's current format. You even called the names of the divisions and naming the "big" field Einstein. I wish I could find that post again. It's incredible how many of your suggestions are now common rules and practices (I think in that thread you also advocated unlimited material usage).

It was discussed in this thread in 1999, but it was also briefly discussed at the end of 1998 in some "predictions for 1999" type of thread. Chiefdelphi.com was a real small, tight community back in those days.

EDIT: The topic was revisited in 2000 in this thread.

A lot of ideas from these boards wiggle their way into the FIRST landscape. For example, Dr. Joe had the great idea of weaving the awards into the Einstein matches a number of years back, and that has stuck around for a while. That's the great thing about having a bunch of smart people on one message board - a good idea can be turned into an excellent, highly-refined solution. I'm so happy that Joe is back in his old form throwing out some great ideas again. I missed those days.

Sticky divisions is an interesting idea. I like the idea of divisional pride, yet I also like the play amongst different teams every year. That makes for a bit of a conundrum. Hmmmmmm.