[Sperkowsky]

Earlier this season at NYC we seeded terribly (44/66). This was not due to our robot. We just got really unlucky going through a ton of matches with either 1 alliance partner working or none.

We ended up getting chosen by the 8th alliance as their first pick. What is crazy is we never even played with them. We then went on to pick the 46th seed. We ended up beating the #1 seed in the first match and setting the second highest score for the regional. We did lose the next two matches but there were a lot of missed calls and technically we did win.

When I got up to accept the invitation the first thing I said to them was "Wow, I was not sure we were going to get picked. since we were such low seed" and they said "Are you kidding? You carried your alliance every match".

If your robot performs well, stays connected to the field, and you present your team well you have a good chance to be picked regardless of seed.

The alliance also said some of the reasons they chose us was because of seeing me on chiefdelphi and, our reveal video... So, the moral of the story is to be active on CD and make a reveal video.