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Originally Posted by paunatime
By no means is this game perfect, it is far beyond that, game play is weak at lower levels, and there is a huge variation between "good" and "bad" teams. But overall, I think problems arise is every FRC game but I am loving this one.
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I don't think you can beat perfection. But I like this game too.
I was going to post about how many lower seeded alliances were winning competitions after I watched NYC and KC, where both 6th seeds won.
Then I decided to do some maths.
Week 1: Regionals 2.43 average seed won, Districts 1.5
Week 2: Regionals 2.2, Districts 3.5!
Week 3: Regionals 2.3, Districts 1.
Overall so far: Regionals 2.33 Districts: 1.96 All competitions: 2.13
I had a thought in an earlier post about the deeper the field, the greater chance that alliances from the bottom half of the seeding order stood a better chance of winning.
Shallow vs. Deep
So far I have diddly statistically. Hoping more evidence will show up in the next 4 weeks as the game gets better understood and teams gain experience and we add in the District Championships.
I don't feel as optimistic about Einstein. I don't think the Maroon Crew from 2007 is likely this year.
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Originally Posted by alyssa2485
The main issue with this game is that they have completely excluded the outside world from understanding or enjoying it. Yea, we all can get excited b/c the robots are so complex and so technically awesome, however, to the average spectator, coming to a venue to watch robots stack boxes and put trash cans on top? It's not very exciting.
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Unfortunately, this is more true than in recent games. People I have invited to competitions didn't last long. If you're going to invite "outsiders"
Make sure that they show up for the playoffs.