[BB]: News and News

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Ricksta

Unless I read section 5 wrong, the following awards will be given at the division level at the championship:

• Engineering Inspiration Award
• Entrepreneurship Award
• Excellence in Design Award
• Gracious Professionalism™ Award
• Imagery Award
• Industrial Design Award
• Industrial Safety Award
• Innovation in Control Award
• Judges Award
• Quality Award
• Rookie All Star
• Rookie Inspiration
• Team Spirit Award
• Website

That is quite a few awards to be given at the division level. Maybe this was done to save time during the championship finals?

Most of those awards being given at the divisional level would be awesome, but I also saw that the WFA was listed as a Divisional award. What's up with that? Not having a single winner for each of these awards takes away much of the pride that comes with winning something at CMP.

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Ricksta

Unless I am reading section 5 wrong, the following awards will be given at the division level at the championship:

• Engineering Inspiration Award
• Entrepreneurship Award
• Excellence in Design Award
• Gracious Professionalism™ Award
• Imagery Award
• Industrial Design Award
• Industrial Safety Award
• Innovation in Control Award
• Judges Award
• Quality Award
• Rookie All Star
• Rookie Inspiration
• Team Spirit Award
• Website

That is quite a few awards to be given at the division level. Maybe this was done to save time during the championship finals?

Thats where I am also. But in reading the descriptions of the awards it is not clear. It is a big change if this is true and kinda takes away the prestige of winning one of these awards at the championship level.

Additionally I wonder how this will change the way they distribute teams into the divisions. I would hate to think that one division is much stronger for and award than another. As an example the 2nd best site in Curie is better then the one that wins in Newton because of a random distribution of teams.

[Chris is me]

Coopertition bonus points. That doesn't exactly sound subjective like a safety token or something. Interesting award...

It feels weird not having a National EI or Rookie All Star award. Takes away from the "best in the world" aspect of a lot of these awards, but I guess the webcast won't run so long now?

[Carol]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

Thats where I am also. But in reading the descriptions of the awards it is not clear. It is a big change if this is true and kinda takes away the prestige of winning one of these awards at the championship level.

Additionally I wonder how this will change the way they distribute teams into the divisions. I would hate to think that one division is much stronger for and award than another. As an example the 2nd best site in Curie is better then the one that wins in Newton because of a random distribution of teams.

My guess would be that there was a mistake; that the wrong columns were checked on the chart and these are supposed to be CMP awards. Note that they have the Founders Award listed as division level as well, which doesn't make any sense.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Carol

My guess would be that there was a mistake; that the wrong columns were checked on the chart and these are supposed to be CMP awards. Note that they have the Founders Award listed as division level as well, which doesn't make any sense.

Good point. That, paired with a WFA per division sounds like a mistake. Guess we'll just wait and see.

[Nick Lawrence]

Coopertition Award, the award will be granted to the team that earns the most Coopertition bonus points during the competition

Do I smell another Co-Opertition FIRST style game?

-Nick