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Originally Posted by Karthik
You're competing at a 30 team regional, your last event of the season, and your team is not qualified to attend the Championship.
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After making regional eliminations 11 times in a row (almost always as an alliance captain or 1st pick) but not ever having won one, I would much rather win a regional than be an alliance captain even if the only way my team would be picked 24th was due to controversial circumstances (sandbagging, cheesecake, etc.).
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Originally Posted by Karthik
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
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Here is where the exact circumstances changed my selection. If I knew that the #1 alliance was almost guaranteed to win there division (something like the 254,111,973 alliance in 2011) then I would much rather be their 4th alliance member than go against them in the quarter finals even if it means my team will not likely play on the field. However if the #1 seeded team is weaker, I would be more inclined to risk forming my own alliance, even if my team would only captain alliance #4 or lower.
In a less hypothetical situation, If I had to make 1114s championship decision in 2011 I would have declined 1771 knowing with good scouting data I may be able to beat them with an alliance constructed from the #8 position despite the risk of missing elims if 1771 decided to scorch earth or all alliance captains avoid inter picking to keep out 1114 and knowing my chances of winning the world championship where nearly 0 if I chose to form an alliance with 1771.