Thread: Alliance Selection Strategy
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Re: Alliance Selection Strategy
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Originally Posted by themccannman View Post
I assume what you mean by second pick is the second alliance robot (the alliance captains first pick). I wouldn't consider using OPR for picking your third alliance robot unless you're in an unusual situation where you are looking for a high scoring third robot.
No, second pick means the 3rd member of the alliance.

I expect there to be a good number (maybe 10 or more?) of robots at the championship event that will find themselves in the top 8 in each division, even though they'll be middle of the pack in OPR.

Their strategy should be to pick the two best offensive robots they can, so that the alliance captain in effect becomes the 3rd bot for defense. OPR in this case would be a good tool for them to help rank teams.

Also, depending on the team's strengths, an alliance of 3 offensive capable bots could be more effective than an alliance of 2 offensive capable bots and 1 defensive only bot. If this is a team's strategy, OPR is a good tool to help rank teams (or at least identify 20-30 teams to focus on in scouting instead of 90+).
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