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Alliance Captain versus last pick in Alliance Selection

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
Interesting to see that so far, success and failure has been defined by blue banners in this thread. In one case, being picked 23rd was considered a better success than being the 2nd alliance captain because of the final result.
Sean's post in another thread reminded me of a couple of thought experiments that I often pose to people in FRC. I thought it might generate some interesting discussion here.

1. You're competing at a 30 team regional, your last event of the season, and your team is not qualified to attend the Championship. Would you rather be:
A) The number 4 Alliance Captain and lose in the quarterfinals OR
B) The last pick of Alliance Selection of the #1 alliance (A.K.A. The 24th pick) and win the Regional

2. You're competing in a division at Championship. Would you rather be:
A) The number 4 Alliance Captain and lose in the division quarterfinals OR
B) The last pick of Alliance Selection of the #1 alliance (A.K.A. The 24th pick) and win Championship

The spread of responses I've seen have usually been about 50-50 for question #1 and 25-75 for question #2. Curious to see what people here think.
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