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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
I wonder if teams would even show up to the venue on Saturday if they were not picked on Friday.
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I agree this could be a problem. However, many teams will have to book hotel rooms through Friday or Saturday night anyway, and will have unchangeable plane flights, so I don't think this will be a problem. I expect that most teams come to the Champs hoping that they will advance to elims. And many of the other teams are shooting for other awards that would be made on Saturday. So I don't think the attrition rate would be very high.
To be honest, playing Qs on Saturday AM followed by alliance selection has not been an issue for us. We prep the night before and look at different scenarios. (I'm sure 254 does the same.) Last year we had about a half dozen scenarios. This year we had 3.
From an educational standpoint, I think having this uncertainty and learning to plan for it is very important. This reflects the real world--you have to think ahead and prepare appropriately for different outcomes.