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Originally Posted by 1629GaCo
#1 seed lost
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With out knowing a majority of teams at the event or watching the matches (the NASA stream would not work for me
) I would assume that this was another death by serpentine. 1511 Also went to a 24 team offseason event (Beantown Blitz) where we as the the 8th seed upset the 1st seed in part due to death by serpentine.
For those not familiar "death by serpentine" the term refers to top seeded alliances where the captain and first pick are great robots but the second pick is not resulting in upset elimination matches. This is especially prevalent at small events, which this event was, (24 teams) because there is simply not enough teams to allow a deep draft with better robots making elims. As a result the lower seeded alliances present legitimate challenges because matches can end up with 2 great robots and a poor robot vs 3 medium robots. This especially hurts in aerial assist with pt bonuses more assisting.
Also I hope some or all of the matches are archived I would love to see them.
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