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Originally Posted by tribotec_ca88
 Hey all...I need some help. After reading the manual several times, Iīm still a bit confused about rules concerning ranking points, qualifying points, seeding, divisions, etc. I understood it up to a certain extent, but for some reason it still hasnīt made much sense. Would anyone be willing to explain, in their own words, how this qualifying process works (for regionals & nationals). Just a clear yet simple explanation of how ranking points work, what this 3-teams-in-an-ally thing is all about, etc.
Thanks, appreciate your help... |
FIRST makes it sound a lot more confusing than it is. It's really quite simple.
Qualifying matches: Teams play 2 on 2. Winning teams get 2 qualifying points, Tieing teams get 1 point, Losing teams get 0 points (Like in Hockey).
At the end of Qualifying Matches, the teams are ranked based on qualifying points.
Now say two (or more) teams won the same amount of matches. Then the "tiebreaker" would be the average ranking points - the points scored by the LOSING alliances during all of the matches. (If you lose, your rank points are your own points scored)
If there is still a tie, then the last tiebreaker is highest match points.
Now, for Eliminations, the top 8 teams each pick an alliance partner. Then, they all pick ANOTHER alliance partner. FIRST does this for a few reasons:
A) more teams participate in Elims
B) in case your partner (or you) break down, you aren't screwed - you have a "spare" bot.
The catch is, for your alliance to win a round, all 3 of your robots need to participate (to make it fair). So, if you win the 1st match with team 1 and team 2, then the next game (best 2 of 3 matches, remember) you have to either have teams 1 & 3, or teams 2 & 3.
I hope I explained it a bit clearer.