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Originally Posted by JamesBrown
... it is pretty rare to see a team raked #3 by one person and not ranked by any one else.
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Right, which is why Justin and I started this whole FRC Top 25 thing for FUN. And you're right, it is rare.. but that's because this whole system is based on matter of opinion. In one person's mind XXXX team is the best team out there, but to someone else they're not. It's opinion. It's hard to see every robot in every match of every regional. Rankings are going to be all over the place.
And guys, the public poll is the same exact way! You just can't see how each person voted, as you can in the expert poll. Everyone who votes in the public poll votes differently as well- it's life. No one is paid to make these rankings- like in football. If the experts did this as a full time job like in NCAA, you can bet they would sit down for 8 hours a day analyzing match videos and data to find the best teams; and then I think you would see some more consensus between the voters. But that's not reality.
So everyone just needs to relax, and enjoy the friendly competition this brings. And as Justin said on the show last night, "It's not a matter of finding 25 teams, its a matter of finding which 25 teams." There are so many GREAT robots out there. Soooo many great teams were left off the list. So don't take any of this personal. Just enjoy the spirit it brings to FIRST. It's been so much fun chatting and communicating with all of you, and doing the show, and I hope you guys have enjoyed it!
