[BLOG] Week 7 Events and FIRST Championship Attendance

[bdaroz]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Community-invented terminology for something that FIRST has already provided terminology for only leads to confusion.

The same argument can be made for changing the common definition of a word to have a different meaning:

From Miriam Webster's Definition of "Championship":

an important competition that decides which player or team is the best in a particular sport, game, etc.

(Note the singular use of team, or in our case substituting alliance would be appropriate.)

While Super Regional may not be FIRST's approved term, it does more aptly describe the event.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Community-invented terminology for something that FIRST has already provided terminology for only leads to confusion.

I'm calling them the "North Conference" and "South Conference" Championships.

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I'm calling them the "North Conference" and "South Conference" Championships.

I've been saying North and South Half Champs since the term "Half Champs" was coined.

I think 6 is still open as a bet, so I'll take that.

[Anupam Goli]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I'm calling them the "North Conference" and "South Conference" Championships.

Is this where I get to talk about Conference pride?

"The NCC is overrated"
"The SCC is top heavy"
"We need to schedule more OOC events"

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Is it possible he meant "Super Regional South", or the South Championship? Not the Seven Rivers Regional, which has very confusingly similar initials, but I don't see where the second S comes from.

I wouldn't be surprised if South Championship just plain does not fill up all the way, with a limited process for switching to that championship and two of the larger district regions, plus WI / MN teams competing Week 7, being ineligible.

I've been using the abbreviation 7R for Seven Rivers. Not an official abbreviation.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

I would say under 10. You forget, there are around 90 teams in the Twin Cities, only 2.5 hours away. I bet a bunch of them would be willing to take that as a second play, especially considering that the other nearby regionals (Duluth, Wisconsin, Midwest, etc) have all been full for ages, and Iowa, despite being a rookie regional, was almost at capacity last year. This area has needed more events to accommodate growth, the event won't be nearly as empty as you think.

I wouldn't assume I forgot, but you are welcome to assume the things I am and am not forgetting.

Stratis says under 10. Any more bets (thanks Adam!)

-Mike

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Given that MI and ON teams likely won't attend SRS, anyone want to take bets on how many slots for SRS will go un-filled? Price is right rules. I'll say 30.

-Mike

31.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

31.

Son of a...

[pandamonium]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

31.

$1

[Anthony Galea]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Given that MI and ON teams likely won't attend SRS, anyone want to take bets on how many slots for SRS will go un-filled? Price is right rules. I'll say 30.

-Mike

0. I really don't think that teams from the North are going to pass up the chance to play just because they can't qualify for South Champs.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Given that MI and ON teams likely won't attend SRS, anyone want to take bets on how many slots for SRS will go un-filled? Price is right rules. I'll say 30.

-Mike

I wouldn't take this bet, I haven't recently looked at it recently but I'd be willing to bet teams don't, on average, travel much more than a couple hundred miles. And that's pretty far north. Maybe you'd have a handful of teams from the south that would head up there but I don't really think it's gonna be that many.

Edit - terminology.

For the Southern FIRST Exhibition - No idea. This year they might fill it. In the future who knows.

[Tyler Olds]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Given that MI and ON teams likely won't attend SRS, anyone want to take bets on how many slots for SRS will go un-filled? Price is right rules. I'll say 30.

-Mike

I'll take more matches!

[Drakxii]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Given that MI and ON teams likely won't attend SRS, anyone want to take bets on how many slots for SRS will go un-filled? Price is right rules. I'll say 30.

-Mike

I am going with 11, but I think a number of teams in PWN, NC, and GA just miss the DCMP or SCMP cutoffs will get in on waitlist and have the funds to go. Also I think a number of Texas and Louisiana teams will get in easily on waitlist.