Thread: Should the Number One seed be Alloud to pick the Number Two seed?
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Re: Should the Number One seed be Alloud to pick the Number Two seed?
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Originally Posted by seanthompson View Post
So you are telling me that a team who spent 6 weeks working their butts off to build possibly the best robot in their team's history, who then strategized and did their very best thoughout quals to earn the number 1 seed, should not be allowed every opportunity to win the event just so the spectators have a marginally more exciting elims to watch, and the othe teams whose robots arent quite as good can have a "more fair" chance at winning?
This. You are exactly on point.
I'm still not sure how exactly the current picking structure doesn't fit the ideas of FIRST. Someone tell me specifically what ideals the current picking structure is breaking.
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