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Originally Posted by Chexposito
I would like to point at the GTR-E regional to 1114/2056 not being able to loose together, while it may not have looked like it in the competition, the finalist alliance had a pretty good chance of winning the regional. They were doing very well until finals, when they had problems with their triple balance and what appeared to be some scoring issues.
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Other teams have come close (and this may have been the closest I've seen, since both matches could have been taken by a triple balance), but it always seems to swing towards 1114/2056. Another good example of their potential beatability was the GTR finals in 2009. 188 and 610 actually won the first match, but then weren't quick enough back after a timeout for 188 repairs and played 3v2 (lost), then lost a very close 3rd match at full strength.
But those to many teams (and myself) are the exceptions that prove the rule - out of so many regionals, we only have close ones once every couple years, and the rest are blowouts, which is why the idea of inevitability starts taking hold in people's heads.
You can say that the "1114/2056 always win" axiom is illogical (and some of my fellow mentors on 2702 believe they are beatable, even when paired), but lots of people in Ontario hold it to be true, and it is borne out by their immense winning streak.
The benefit of it is that Ontario has a huge quantity of very good teams that are driven every year to be better. GTR-east was one of the highest-scoring regionals during qualifications of any regional so far this year. Championship divison eliminations and Einstein last year had Ontarian teams vastly over-represented when you consider Ontario is only 10 million people. Being near great teams makes the rest of us very good, but it sure would be nice to have a different team captaining a winning alliance for a change.