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Unread 18-03-2015, 14:21
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Re: This year's "game" is a job, not a game

I found at the first competition I attended that the game was more exciting to watch than I expected. The seeding system does however have an unfortunate side effect.
Usually, throughout the qualification matches, a team's ranking peaks right after they have played (and won) a match and then slips as other teams win in subsequent matches. They way it works this year with average scores is that a team's ranking can go up as a result of match in which they weren't playing. The effect of this is that when I'm watching a match which my team isn't playing I find myself hoping for both alliances to do poorly. With the more usual seeding system based on win & losses I would typically be cheering for underdogs in hopes that they defeat higher ranked teams.
Cheering for someone to win in more fun than hoping all the robots on the field perform poorly.
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