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Re: (Seemingly) Irrational alliance selection decisions?

I think it's really hard to define what the "best" picks are. Especially since the goals for every team that picks is pretty different. One team might pick overall solid robots and just try to get as far as they can in eliminations whereas others might pick robots that are flaky but have the potential to take down whoever the strongest alliance is. Both of these approaches can backfire with either not having enough firepower or having bad matches early and getting knocked out in the quarters. Especially in games like Stronghold too, it may not be wise to pick the best scoring robot if there isn't enough synergy between the robots. For example, having 3 offensive robots scoring in the center of the outerworks is not ideal and are likely to get in the way. Conversely, the coordination might be good enough that this isn't even a problem. Overall, I think it's hard to really judge how strong picks actually are until the matches are actually played.
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