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chalker wrote:

ndclscienceolympiad wrote: That's very surprising and disappointing...
Sumo Bots was very well attended at our invitationals and regional. (Kenston, Mentor, Solon, and CWRU)

I should clarify: it won't be at the State tournament. Invitationals and regionals can do as they please with regards to it.

Good to know; thanks!

chalker wrote:

ndclscienceolympiad wrote: That's very surprising and disappointing...
Sumo Bots was very well attended at our invitationals and regional. (Kenston, Mentor, Solon, and CWRU)

I should clarify: it won't be at the State tournament. Invitationals and regionals can do as they please with regards to it.

Was it too cost-prohibitive, chalker?

Primate wrote: Was it too cost-prohibitive, chalker?

It's a combination of things - scheduling issues, not being a national trial event, the cost to teams, and the challenge in finding enough supervisors to run all the events

Luo wrote: Sumo is, however, being run as a trial in Wisconsin, where trials count for points just like national events.

???? Trials don't count for points at Nationals.

rfscoach wrote:

Luo wrote: Sumo is, however, being run as a trial in Wisconsin, where trials count for points just like national events.

???? Trials don't count for points at Nationals.

I know; what I'm saying is that trial events are counted towards the team score on equal footing with national events in the state of Wisconsin. New York does the same thing.

Luo wrote:

rfscoach wrote:

Luo wrote: Sumo is, however, being run as a trial in Wisconsin, where trials count for points just like national events.

???? Trials don't count for points at Nationals.

I know; what I'm saying is that trial events are counted towards the team score on equal footing with national events in the state of Wisconsin. New York does the same thing.

And I think it's the only way to properly run a trial event. New York ran "pilot events" a few years back, which were trial events that didn't count for points. No one cared.