[Benjdragon]

As a mentor for team 1985, I stressed the importance of scouting to the newer team members. In KC this year, the students were a little lax on the scouting and as we ended up ranked 18, we did not have to worry about having to choose partners. In KC though, the number 13 rank team ended up being the 8th rank alliance captain. The young girl looked very nervous about suddenly being in a position of having to choose. It shows the importance of good scouting even if you are not going to be in the top 8 at the end of the qualification rounds. When the top 8 keep choosing their first partners from the current top 8, an unprepared team can suddenly find themselves not know who to pick from.