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Originally Posted by Wing
Being on the short end of the stick when it came to rankings really didn't sit well with me this time at Peachtree, but I don't see how else the ranking system itself can be changed. It was more the random alliance pairings during qualifications and some terrible scouting in my opinion that caused the eliminations at Peachtree to look like they did. 2 of the alliance captains in the had purely defensive robots with a 1 point dumper, where as teams like 1319 and 3489, who were some of the top offensive bots were sitting as low as 15th in rankings.
On a separate note, I cannot be happier about the job the referees did at Peachtree. Every call down to the little stuff in the rules were made. The head ref was very confident in her understanding of the rules. Thanks for calling all fouls with no leniency.
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Thanks for the shout out, we do have a really good robot this year, and a drive team that matured before our very eyes. We did manage to reach as high as a #4 ranking before running into the buzzsaw known as 624 (Cryptonite) in the final match. We had the unfortunate luck of playing with only one top-8 seed (#6) and against five of them (#1,2,3,5,8), including you guys. Just the luck of the draw, and a consequence of a large field.
With regard to the number of "upsets" seen this year in eliminations this year, I agree that scouting and the depth of the field have the most to do with it. If a regional has 24 strong scorers, then the top seed will usually prevail. If the top seeds don't choose their partners well, or don't have good choices available with their second pick, you'll see what has happened so far. In this years game (to date) it seems that 3 good robots can outscore 2 great robots and a less capable third. Our 3 capable scorers went 6-1 in the tournament, and averaged 107 points/game in those matches. In comparison, the top seeded alliance scored 95 and 97 points in their q'final matches before the "gremlins" reared their ugly heads in the semifinals. "Upset" or not? You be the judge.