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Re: Team Update 8

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Originally Posted by Bob Steele View Post
It is also interesting that your method of allowing the alliance to pick spots is EXACTLY what they will be allowingin subdivison playoffs ... this is for subdivision playoffs at Houston and St. Louis.

ALLIANCES may start with any three (3) of the four (4) ROBOTS on their ALLIANCE during Subdivision Playoff MATCHES and during the Championship Playoffs. The list of three (3) Teams participating in the MATCH and their selected PLAYER STATIONS is called the LINEUP

T11. The ALLIANCE CAPTAIN must report the LINEUP to the Head REFEREE, or their designee, in writing prior to end of the preceding MATCH (e.g. the LINEUPS for Quarterfinal 2 must be submitted before the end of Quarterfinal 1). If there is no preceding MATCH, the LINEUP is due no later than two (2) minutes before the scheduled MATCH time.


Not sure why this method is NOT what we will be doing for District and Regional Play. It would be nice if it could at least be used for the District Championships.

The assignment of field positions will be even more critical in District and Regional play because of the smaller number of teams to pick from.
FYI, this has been a rule at Champs since at least 2014. Search for LINEUP in the document.

Given that this is the first year where the alliance station assignments matter so much to the game play, I'm not surprised that FIRST hasn't updated the rules regarding District Champs. I wouldn't expect them to change the rules, but I've been wrong before

Another thing to consider is that at District Champs/Regional Tournaments, there are only 3 team alliances with the provision for a backup robot. The backup robot concept doesn't exist at Champs, given that each alliance contains 4 teams. What that means is that the capability for assigning teams to specific spots is built into FMS for Champs. What I don't know is if it's feasible to change FMS to allow to player station assignments - I don't know what kind of changes are made to the FMS configuration between the last event and Champs.

Food for thought. I don't disagree with you, but I think it's important to look at the issue from multiple perspectives.
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