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Originally Posted by Siri
That's not to say that pick can't happen: I still remember 1114 somehow managing to pick the fastest minibot in their division on the back of the draft. But minibots aren't canburglars (strategically I mean; otherwise they basically are). And even if they were, you can bet neither 1114 nor 294 went into Worlds counting on everyone missing them. It's a heck of a gamble, but you know what they say about big risks and their rewards. I struggle with the characterization of "fully reasonable" though, if that's the alliance number a team is gunning for second/third pick of.
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Galileo 2011 was also the division where 973 (who also had a really fast minibot) fell to the pick right before 294.
This reminds me, that based on how champs has ended in the past, I think this year, a #1 or #2 alliance will pick a robot with a really fast can grabber (w/o cheesecake) that the other alliances ignored, and said alliance will win champs because of this second round steal. It happens almost every year, with teams like 610, 16, 973, 177, 971, and 148 (the third champion robots from 2013-2008) falling to one of the last picks of the draft.
An argument can be made that the smaller divisions may reduce the depth of each division. While that may happen in some divisions, I believe that because their are twice as many chances for this to happen, it will still happen (I don't think cutting 25% of teams from a division will bring down the bar for a third robot 50% across all eight divisions).