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Originally Posted by nicholsjj
This is what the offseason event in Kansas City does. It makes for an interesting alliance selection in that teams pick based on knowing who they have to play. This year it might be neat with the cttd having two division finalists and another frc top 25 team competing.
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Let's not forget 3928 who has shown to be quite capable at being a game changer for an alliance. If any one of these 4 teams gets a hard schedule or (unfortunately) decides to throw a match or two, you could end up with alliance partners that look like:
3928-1986
3928-1806
3928-3284
3284-1986
3284-1806
Or even the feared and well practiced combination of 1986-1806.
That's not counting other high-scoring bots being in the mix like 1939, 3528, etc.
But even so, throwing a match is harder than it sounds. If it's the last match of the day and you're paired up with someone who's decent at scoring and has a vested interest in making sure you don't fall outside the top 8 and are suddenly allowed to form a super-alliance, you more than likely aren't going to be able to throw it unless you're playing against the team you want to be with in the first place.