[Chris Fultz]

To answer a few of the questions -

We used the rankings for Alliance Captains so we could do a 1 day event.
During May, adding another day out of school for students was going to be a challenge. We also knew that doing any type of qualification matches needed 8 - 10 matches to be effective, so we decided to use the rankings. The "exhibition" matches allow the alliance captains to see robots in action that they may not have seen during the season.

Alliance selection will be 1-8, 8-1. Our only difference is that if you are not an alliance captain at the time you are picked, you cannot decline. (For example, if you are #9 and expecting to move up, you still have to say yes).

8 alliances of 3 robots. No backups.