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Re: Cheesecake: How far is too far?

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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink View Post
In my opinion, "too far" is when a robot shows up for playoffs that wasn't there for qualification rounds, and nobody else had a chance to select it.
I love this quote. My thoughts exactly.

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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink View Post
Another thing I think would be interesting - something that would reduce the incentive for cheesecake at championship - would be to go back to three team alliances for division playoffs, with backup bots drawn from unpicked robots as needed. Then, after the division winners have been decided, let them pick their "backup bot" from any of the teams in their division. This would create "super alliances" that truly represent the best that their division had to offer, and make Einstein matches the best they could be.
I like how this would definitely reduce the huge redesigns unless the alliance is going to field 2 bots for the first few matches. The only problem I see is that the 3rd bot for the Division win is then most likely going to be sat out for the Einstein matches in favor of the "backup".
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