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Originally Posted by David Guzman
Part of the problem is lack of scouting.
Many times the picking lists don't get made until right before the alliance selection ceremony and in the rush of getting it done, unknown team numbers get overlooked if their robot wasn't noted by good scouting.
If you haven't done the proper scouting you are more likely to select teams that you already know rather than new numbers that are new to you. So in a way is not the rookie team's fault but the veteran scouter.
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Totally agree with this. I doubt anyone has an intentional bias against rookies, but in a situation where scouters are hurriedly putting together a pick list, they're likely to favor veteran teams who they know have been successful in previous years. Unless the rookie team has really stood out in the current regional (and the scouters have done a good job of noting this!), rookie teams will probably be ranked lower than other "familiar" teams.
For what it's worth, I think the NYC regional had about 10 or 11 rookie teams, and none of them were picked for elims. In fact, 10/24 teams had team numbers under 1000, and 16/24 were under 2000. Very veteran-heavy.