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Re: Is alliance selection usually this bad?
At Virginia, due to captian picking in the first round of picks, team 539 became the 8th alliance captain. Being surprised by this fact, as were us due to thier robot (let's just say it wasn't the best at the regional), they went up to pick without any real information. They ended up picking us, 1418, we then instructed them to pick 1086 whom were ranked low, however when working, which at the time, our connections with their team informed us they were, were one of the best robots there. Afterwards, we found that they picked us largley because we were one of the only teams they knew about due to us being next to their pit and helping them with their bumpers, but when asked why they picked us they were unsure.
While picking us wasn't a bad choice (we we were ranked 18th or 19th, had auton, minibot and could put at least one logo up, usually to go on to score 1 or two extra tubes), it shows that if you are above 16th ranked, you should be ready to pick a team.
Ultimatley, the Blue Cheese didn't quite work and had to sub out (for 1793 who was also unprepared even though they were the next highest rank but was able to field thier robot in the end), and 539's robot also didn't work, leaving us to be chumped by defense, only allowing us to put up 2 tubes and deploy a minibot.
Please be prepared for picking and subbing (especially when you are next in line for back-up bots)
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