Thread: [NE FIRST] District Championship point cutoff
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Re: [NE FIRST] District Championship point cutoff
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Originally Posted by lf3307 View Post
As you can tell by my following post, I did not understand this subtlety. I believe the announcer at Nashua said otherwise, and I did not check...
These rankings are all about quantifying individual performance of teams who work together, and this decision was made to give surrogates credit for their performance. They're not going to get picking points, but they are competing in elimination matches and should be rewarded if they help their alliance to advance. For a typical surrogate candidate (usually ranking in the middle of the pack), surrogate elimination points may be the thing that puts them over the edge to qualify for the DCMP. It gives them something to fight for.

As for the announcer, educating the masses is the toughest part of this change. We've tried a few tactics, and I think we've settled on something that works - thanks for your patience as we try to get this right! Iterate, iterate, iterate.
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