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Re: Can a 8th seed knock off a 1st seed at champs?

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Originally Posted by the_godfaubel View Post
I'm going to go out on a limb and say it will happen (#BoldPredictions). Everyone will presumably take the best available shooter in the first, thus leaving the defensive bots for the 2nd and/or 3rd round of selections. If 8 takes the best available shooter, they also get first dibs on the defensive bots. They get the best defensive bot there is and one that can probably climb, reliably cross 1 or 2 classes of defenses in autonomous, and potentially score in auto. Assuming the 8th alliance captain is a somewhat reliable shooter, that's a pretty dangerous alliance. If it's the right alliance, I could see 180-210 points being scored, which is more than enough to beat a #1 alliance.

Plus, declined alliances happen and might lead to a really good team being the 8th alliance captain.
The opposite could definitely hold true as well though. Some divisions may be really deep or alliances scout completely incorrectly and 1st alliance ends up getting a solid shooter as their second pick. The two best shooters(probably unblockable) in the division plus one of the best shooters as a third robot. Not to mention they would all be solid drivers and I'm not sure there is any stopping that kind of alliance no matter how good the defense may be. Alliances like these have happened plenty of times and went all the way before as well.
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