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Re: Serpentine Draft

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
Yay! I'm a statistic!

But seriously, The #1v#8 matches have been the most intense I have seen on most webcasts, and have been the most exciting (determined by audience decibel level) of both regionals we were in the #8 alliance for. Lots of teams root for the underdog and they are not being disappointed. Even though most often the #1 seed wins, it is always a win by just a last second truss toss or the like.
Us too - we were an 8th seed alliance that did beat the 1st seed (MI-Centerline) and went on to win the event. After our first match, we had other teams coming up to us to cheer us on and our alliance's outlook was that win or lose, we felt so good about having won even one match vs 1st seed and having so many other teams rooting for the underdog. That's why balanced alliances are so good for FIRST - when everyone feels like they have a chance and the matches are close, elims are epic. Nobody really talks about the elims where #1 stomps everyone because they had the best robots and nobody else stood a chance.
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