Improving the District Experience

[Link07]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

That's probably because of your geography. You're the southernmost District, and your nearest neighbors are NC which is also a new District this year. They didn't fill up Asheville, so there wasn't any incentive for NC teams to travel further to the PCH events.

If other bordering states become Districts, you'll likely get some cross-border pollination. But it won't really start until teams can go cross-border and earn points.

I spoke to the main mentor of one of our stalwart teams in FiM back when we started districts. The team traveled up to Traverse City. The mentor told me that the team members really didn't care where they went (they'd gone out of state in prior years) - they just wanted to have the opportunity to travel and stay in a hotel. If they begin to allow travel events to count, we'll probably see more and more of it.

On the contrast, MAR has had only one out of state team attend, which was this year. A number of MAR teams have played in New England though

[ShinyShips]

Originally Posted by Link07

On the contrast, MAR has had only one out of state team attend, which was this year. A number of MAR teams have played in New England though

3314 loves traveling outside MAR, we've gone to both an inter-district and an additional regional for the past two years. We went to the Waterbury District this year and last year, we're also returning to BattleCry @ WPI this year. As long as they keep letting us in we will probably continue to go.

Although we love competing and seeing all our friends in MAR, leaving district is a refreshing experience. We get to see new teams that we would not get to see otherwise and with them their design and strategy ideas.