[Lij2015]

We didn't go to champs in 2013, my rookie year, so I had no idea what to expect but I did expect WAY more scouting than what occurred on Galileo in 2014. Seeding high is just the most important thing in trying to win an event because as we've learned first hand that if you aren't going to sell yourself you cannot trust other teams to scout. We've never really had a problem in my three years at any of the regional events as we always are pretty near the top seeds or get picked pretty early, but we always seem to get absolutely amazing second picks from really high seeds(looking at 623, 4050, 2068 and 1610 here) that really should have gone WAY earlier.

2481 was easily the 4th best robot and maybe even tied for 3rd on Galileo in 2014 and was the 2nd pick of the 5th seeded alliance, seriously? Same with this year as well on Archimedes, there was no reason 314 or 3996(especially 3996 with how late they went) should have fallen that far: 2nd pick of the 8th seed and 2nd pick of the 1st seed respectively.

Even more so at regional events for some teams however, considering we attend events that often have really weird seeding when you get past the 3rd or 4th position. You might feel like you have a great robot but you seriously just cannot trust teams to scout.