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Re: Most in-demand robot type?

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard View Post
By the "higher seed in eliminations", you mean the higher numbered seed. But even that isn't accurate. Whichever Alliance on the field is the blue Alliance gets precedence over the red Alliance. That means whichever Alliance entered that round of advancement as the underdog gets to place their robots second. Teams going into finals are actually incentivised to score the minimum point threshold to advance so they can choose their Canburglar position going into finals.

Actually, according to the manual the red and blue sides of the field are based on the alliance seed rather than the qualifying rank/average from the previous playoff level.

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5.4.4 Playoff MATCH Format
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The higher seeded ALLIANCE will always be assigned to the Red side of the FIELD.
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But I was surprised to see that the lower ranked alliance gets to place their robot last so I double checked that too. I guess I was mis-remembering that rule.

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If order placement of ROBOTS matters to either or both ALLIANCES, the ALLIANCE must notify the Head REFEREE during setup for that
MATCH. Upon notification, the Head REFEREE will require ALLIANCES to alternate placement of their ROBOTS, starting with the Red
ALLIANCE.
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