[bowmanb]

And another thing, I like the No Pick Captains rule, especially with this game were there is such a huge spread in robot capabilities. Without it you get results like we witnessed at Lone Star in Houston this year where Robonauts and Kryptonite combined to wipe the floor with all comers. They were so far above the rest of the field that they didn't even allow the third robot on the field!

We all would have been better served at that event if the talent had been better distributed. As it was, the end result was a foregone conclusion before the first match was played.

At Champs where the teams are more evenly matched, the picking down-alliance makes more sense.