[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by MrJohnston

Of course.... Was it just me, or was alliance selection strange? Why did 2130 pass you guys up? I see 4061 had very strong qualifiers, but we all know that you had better have a very good reason for passing on the skunks!

Thanks, but 4061 was a great pick. They scored 2's even more accurately than you scored 3's in Seattle and helped 2130 break 180 points in QF's.

We wanted a strong full-court shooter on our alliance. We knew Alpha+ was good at both that and pyramid shooting, but they were short and easy to block and we didn't want another pyramid shooter like us. Having two pyramid shooter's often causes delays while waiting to share the spot.

I think both Alliances got what they needed and I was almost sure that 2130 and 4061 would be battling us in the finals after their high-scoring match.

We won our last two regionals with FCS bots and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. It was really nice that 2471 was able to pyramid shoot too, because some tough defense and FCS blocking was inevitable in Spokane.