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Originally Posted by BenB
I'm also concerned that the line 'Would you prefer to join or form your own alliance?’ is going to be over used, and this will be said to teams ranked outside the top 15 that have no chance at forming their own alliance (unless several teams robots are broken beyond repair and choose to withdraw from the competition). MCs are going to have to be on their toes when to use the line, especially as alliance selection progresses and teams ranked 9-15 start to loose their eligibility to form their own alliance as teams outside the top 15 get picked.
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At events that I MC'd this year, I took an additional 15-20 seconds during the alliance selection invite/decline rules explanation to emphasize that teams who are declining an invitation are not being ungracious or unprofessional, but that they may feel their team strategy or robot capabilities are better complimented by a different alliance partner.
This isn't in the stock script, but it seemed to reduce the amount of audience 'grumble' that you hear when a representative declines.