[Bill Enslen]

Being first seed at Philly let us pick the best teams at doing what we couldn't do -- handle the large balls. We went on to win the Philly regional.
I believe that first seed is an incredible advantage in putting together a great alliance. No guarantee of success, just a better chance.
Beatty (71) was first seed in Newton division last year, and picked us AFTER picking the best ball handler. They HAD to have another ball handler to execute their strategy, and they prayed that one of the other three alliances didn't name us as their first choice. They did not want to play against us, as we were the only other team which could execute the strategy almost as well as they could, but having another great ball handler was more important. You all know what happened after that.
Because this years bot is built to win matches, not score points, we will not be a first seed. We probably won't be in the top ten. But if we are able to successfully execute our strategy, our won/loss ratio should attract the attention of the first seed, and we'll get picked for the elimination rounds.