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Originally Posted by Jake177
I can't think of a good way to deal with this situation, short of a complex system that takes "strength of schedule" into account, or a different structure for elimination rounds (neither of which I think would be the right answer). But I do think that it's an important thing to keep in mind when creating a system like this.
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How about awarding teams something like 4 or 5 pts. for eliminations victories in addition to selection points? This would not solve the problem in your example, but it would bring the results closer to reality:
Alliance 2 has 6 wins in elims totaling 6*5 = 30 pts.
Alliance 1 has 4 wins in elims (2 from QF, 2 from SF, 0 from F) totaling 4*5 = 20 pts.
Alliance 3 has 3 wins in elims (2 from QF, 1 from SF) totaling 3*5 = 15 pts.
This solves the issue Jack was referring to as well. If you include picking points with this, then you are not rewarding teams doubly for being picked and being quarter finalists. These alliances would only be granted additional points if they won a match in the quarter finals. Notably, this would also provide a good way to reward back up robots for their contributions to an alliance in elims. They would be rewarded only for the matches where they helped the alliance win.