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Originally Posted by Jeanne Boyarsky
Another interesting thing about Curie is that only one of the top 8 picked another in the top 8 as their pick (and the offer was declined.) I'm not a scout and don't pay attention to that so I asked a scout yesterday. He said he though it was because many of the top seeds were low goal scorers so didn't want to pick another low goal scorer.
(I'm a mentor on the #8 team on Curie)
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Jeanne, I watched the online streams from home, and I came to the same conclusion. I think the fact that an alliance that won a match but didn't capture or breach would gain 2 rp, and alliances that lost, but breached and captured would also gain 2 rp, skewed rankings quite a bit. Some top 8 teams, I think probably, had (possibly) bad scouting because they weren't prepared to be where they ended up, and some lower ranks, I'm certain, were pushed out of higher ranked positions. That being said, I think Curie had some really good scouting teams out there. I mean the perfect reverse bracket speaks for itself. Incredible.
[Edit] That being said, will FIRST introduce so many possibilities for ranking points next year? Maybe not. I certainly hope not. I remember in 2012 coopertition points were a boost to the good and the bold. 2012 IMO was a very good example of how dual ranking points could highlight really above average teams. This year however, instead of being a boost, it was a possible equalizer. I think it probably looked good in theory / on paper, but not in the actual season.
Heck, I wouldn't care if we went back to seeds being fully reliant on W/L/T. Good scouting will bring out the best.