[Spiffizzle]

As someone who is poised to serve as Herald and / or Defense Coordinator (I am the queen of reset in Maryland) for various events, I am interested in this.

According to the rules, no later than the end of the match two prior to an alliance's match, they must report their defenses and positions. Then, they are given their alliance's defense plan so that they can make their strategy during the match prior to there's.

I thought there would be an issue with this but then I read further and saw that the Match List will inform teams which category is randomized for each match, respectively.

Teams just need to realize that it says one of each defense will be on the field so if your match says the audience is picking category A, you MUST set your three as B, C, and D defenses and hope the audience applause gives you what you wanted. Which means they'll need to have a strategy if they get one they want or if they don't...

Furthermore, the judge is the Head Referee so I'm not really worried about an air horn kid ruining it. It could encourage teams to invite friends and sponsors to come help them cheer.