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Originally Posted by New Lightning
Eliminating picking from within the top 8 forces the captains to pick robots deeper into the field than the would probably normally go. Also it keeps the eliminations matches closer because you don't have all the top teams spread between 2 or 3 really good teams and 5 or 6 okay to mediocre teams. Teams would get involved that might have otherwise been left out of eliminations, because captains were allowed to pick from each other. That's how more teams would get involved. And its the off season, I know you want to go out and compete put the off season is about having fun without the pressure of the normal completion season.
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I am sorry, I am still not following the logic. Let's say there is 32 teams in the field and if you have 8 alliances in the elims, each captain gets to choose their best match (in terms of game play) for their alliance (as they choose 3 more teams to round out their alliance). Then even if Captain 1 chooses team 2, then through cascade, the 9th place team is now the #8 captain. And so on through the picks. All 32 teams will still end up in the elims. I understand that this is the most perfect situation, and most off-season events do not run this way.
Now as a coach trying to bring up my next year's drive team, I would hate to handicap them in picking the best robot regardless of where they are in the standings. I want my drive team to play with the teams that can allow our robot to play the game the way we decided way back on Kick-off in January. This allows my drive team to create the best alliance to face off against other strong alliances. Even if my team was not picked, it is a learning opportunity.
The idea of evening out the field confounds me and goes against how I want to develop my team. Even though it is an off-season event, I want my team to treat it as an in season competition - otherwise why even have elims? Just declare a winner after the quals.