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Originally posted by MikeDubreuil
It was the first round and the 6th pick and team 204 picked 1218 the Cha Bots. Suddenly the video wall showed that we were the 8th seed. It was mathematically impossible for us to be the 8th seed; we went into the picking ranked 16th.
Unfortunately due to an error by FIRST either software or human we were erroneously placed on the video wall as a top seeded team.
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Here's what happened, I think. . . and keep in mind that I wasn't there and this is just speculation based on what I know about how events are run.
Clearly, there was an error that caused your team to appear as the 8th seed.
FIRST can freeze any frame to the large display using the A/V equipment provided by the venue. They do this often, but particularly when the scoring computer is being used to input scores from the referees. It makes for a cleaner show by hiding all of the 'behind-the-scenes' stuff from the audience. When the score has been input, the screen is unfrozen and the new display shows the match score. You've seen this happen dozens of times.
What I suspect happened is that FIRST froze the last safe frame, displaying your team as the 8th seed alliance, while they worked on fixing the problem. They were probably aware of their 'error' all along, and they were doing everything they could to fix it.
Beyond that, I would give teams a little more credit, at least, and expect that they could figure out what was going on. I don't think it's fair to blame FIRST entirely, if at all, because you weren't picked as an alliance partner. It happens, and I think it's pretty clear that FIRST did everything they could to give the best show possible.