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Re: What would happen if the #1 alliance captain gets denied by every team

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Originally Posted by cbale2000 View Post
The only time I recall a situation like this was back in 2006 when there was a team that, due to some fluke in the match scheduler was constantly paired with high-performing teams and won most/all of their matches, but they had a robot that basically didn't do anything (scored 10 points in auto and just drove around the rest of the match).
When it came time for alliance selection they were seeded #1, but no one wanted to be their partners so they got declined by basically all of the other alliance captains.

What was sad was I believe this exact same situation happened to this team at two different events that year.
Rather than that, it was actually a strategy by the team, often called "Scorched Earth". By inviting alliance captains they knew would decline, they helped to level the playing field. Then they invited one they knew would accept, and none of the other alliance captains could pick each other. So, not sad, strategic and pretty clever.
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