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Originally Posted by XaulZan11
Isn't this the case every year?
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Yes, but I think it'll be more so this year. Some robots won't be ranked well because they had alliances that didn't work well together in quals, but with the right alliance members, they'll be able to rack up huge amounts of points.
Successful playoff alliances will have three complementary robots, not three robots that all do the same thing. If one robot can do everything, but isn't a world-class do-it-all bot, it'll do well in quals, since it can carry alliances. However, once it reaches the playoffs, it'll run into specialist alliances that don't have overlap, just three robots that complement each other, and those specialist alliances will be the ones to reach the finals.
EDIT: ninja'd by dodar, I agree with what he said.