One nice thing about telling a team that you will pick them or that there on your list is that it really makes them happy and raises there spirit!
In 2011 at Boston we were told by the #3 alliance that they were gonna chose us for sure as there 2nd pick. In the end they never did but the #1 alliance did and we won (and we crushed the 3rd alliance). We later looked back at the points each team contributed and there average. And predicted that the first 4 alliances would of won if they chose us. Sucked for the #3 alliance that never picked us
In 2012, at hartford, we were nervous because of the rankings, because we were doing Extremely well compared to our last regional, and we're the main scorer, balancing, and stadegy planner of almost all our alliances, but was constantly matched against tough alliances, or didn't get co-op, so we ended qualification at 27th place. Although we had some tricks to help triple balance, we weren't sure if we would get chosen. 237 though came up to us 2 times then to say how great we were doin and how we deserved a better ranking. They told us then that we were high up on there list. In the end they chose us!