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Originally Posted by Alyssa
We did it on Archimedes at Champs 2014. You never know what could happen, regardless of the game. I've definitely been guilty of giving up hope as an 8th seed as well as been a bit too confident as a 1st seed... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxA98sbviyo |
Shoot, if you go back further, the 2007 winners started as the #8 alliance on their field.
Not common, but possible. Look at it this way: If your #8 alliance beat the #1 fair and square and through "winning" (as opposed to the #1 alliance "losing"), then what does that say about your alliance? You've proven yourself, and at that point I wouldn't be that surprised if you made it all the way. Sometimes teams get underanked and if the field is sufficiently deep then you'll always end up with two good bots for #8 to pick, simply because there were 7 others who were also good and happened to get picked earlier.
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