[Paul T.]

Originally Posted by emekablue

Q3: Why does the 8th alliance go against the 1st? Shouldn't be more logical for the 1st to go against 2nd, 3rd and 4th? and so on? Or are they trying to knock off the lower performing alliances for a more exciting finals?

well the first seed through qualification earned the right to be against the eighth seed to have a greater chance of advancing. theoretically the 1st seed and 2nd seed should contain (at least) 4 of the best robots and if they were put against each other it would make for the quarter finals being the theoretical hardest matches for those alliance. and then the wining alliance would theoretically always win the tournament. the way it is currently set up is a classic tournament bracket used in most competitions (including most major sports. NHL, NFL, MBA..ect) i really doubt it will change