Thread: Backup Coupon Warning
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Unread 09-03-2016, 20:47
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Re: Backup Coupon Warning
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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
That's what I'm saying - to be picked, you have to accept. To be a backup, you should also have to accept (as in have the opportunity to decline).
Here's an odd scenario that seems legal and sketchy albeit highly risky if actually planned. Team A seeds first and picks Team B who is far better than the 16th available robot that is not in top 8, Team B declines and therefore no other alliance can pick them. Team A picks Team C as no 1 pick and D as no 16. Before the first match Team A uses backup coupon to swap Team B in for Team D (who isn't actually broken) since B was very well ranked but not in top 8 they are now the back up bot. Obviously a huge gamble with in-picking etc.

There's nothing that stops a team from declining right now and still playing as the back up. Should there be?
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