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Re: Alliance Captain versus last pick in Alliance Selection

From my teams' perspective, I can only answer question one from experience. For our first two years as a team, we were not picked in alliance selection. However, in 2012, we were picked twice, and the second time was situation 1B without the Champs qualification because it was a district. It was a great experience for our team, and has probably been the second-greatest source of inspiration (the first being going to Champs, even on a wait list spot) our team has gotten (and one of the most fun). Since then (including offseason events) we have made the elimination rounds at 8/12 events, and been an alliance captain twice (2014 MIBED and 2014 KK). The winning of the events' inspiration definitely contributed to that. At Kettering Kickoff, we were the fourth alliance captain with a first round exit. Although we felt accomplished to get that far as alliance captains, it wasn't nearly as inspiring and fun as being on a winning alliance. In a singular instance I'd take 1B any day, and to go further, I'd take 2B any day and be a world champion. It takes a lot of skill to be picked at Champs, no matter when you get picked, even as a backup bot.

Just my $0.02.
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