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Re: Week 1 Observations

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Originally Posted by electroken View Post
I'm pretty sure that without our 3rd alliance partner (3464) and their 4 tote stacks, none of us (236, 230 and 3464) have our nice, new blue banners.
Something something averages versus outliers...

I don't doubt there will be awesome 2nd round picks that fall through for whatever reason. At the average event, the average alliance will probably have a 3rd robot which is less than capable of building 4 stacks.

Also, as the higher powered teams get better, your opponents will also get better which means the percent contribution of the third partner becomes smaller. At some point, an uncapped stack of 3/4 has a higher opportunity cost (less landfill totes/more entropy on field) than scored value.

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