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Originally Posted by Chris is me
You know, except Einstein, where every alliance had only two scorers...
I think 3553 would have been an asset had they had EITHER a consistent Ubertube or Minibot to contribute.
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And IRI where 3138 played defense every match and made it to the finals. (Maybe I'm biased, but I was surprised how defense was not a focus in elimination matches at IRI---I thought more teams would go with the 254/111/973 strategy to having 2 scorers and 1 defense).
But yeah, Chris is right, 3553 without an auto nor consistent minibot was facing a very very tough climb to getting picked. They would have needed to join an alliance with a team with 2 elite scorers, one of which that had a two uber auto, both with minibots, confidence that neither of them will break down and the willingness to have an inflexible strategy. Just look at 973, who was the 5th highest scorer on Galileo, fastest minibot, and played some really strong defense, fell to the second to last team selected. That being said, I wouldn't judge a rookie team's success on getting picked at the Championship.