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Originally Posted by Karthik
For sure, I'm certain that most World Champs wouldn't trade their banner in this situation. However, one of the reasons I posted this is that I had a discussion with a member of a past World Champion who said they felt their Championship "didn't count" because they weren't the Alliance Captain or first pick. It was a perspective I didn't expect to hear from someone who had a gold medal to show from the situation.
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I can understand this, and I've heard it from some very prominent teams even when it comes to just winning a regional.
I don't know if it is still like this but FTC used to only move the alliance captain on to the next level of competition so being a pick didn't garner you anything but a potential event win...
I liked the rule back in the day that said you had to play all members of an alliance in each round of elims(granted the games were 2v2 with 3 member alliances). I think that they should bring it back(at least at champs where its the only place of 4 team alliances) as it would add another level to scouting. Though if they move to 4 v 4 like I've heard rumblings the last couple of years they might get rid of the back up robot all together at champs...