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Originally Posted by Ryan_team710
Ya i notice this to, another thing at the UCF regional for at least us we would be paired with a team and then in a later match we would be against this team. Our the matchings "random" or is there a system for doing so. Because at the UCF regional it seemed like "strong" teams got paired maybe wiht nto so strong teams or rookies
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I didn't notice any particular system, but at the SBPLI Regional we noticed the same pattern- you played with many of the same teams over and over. My scouting sheets were a mess because there was so much overlap between our alliances and our opponents. =)
I didn't notice much about the practice rounds in comparison to the first few qualifying matches, but I did think it was a disadvantage to have so much overlap. Well, not necessarily a disadvantage, because sometimes you would have an alliance with someone and then play against them so you'd know their strategy. But then at the same time, they knew all about yours.
But I think it would be better to have more switching. You'd get to see more robots, and you'd learn more. And if you made it past the qualifying matches, you'd be more prepared because you would have seen more robots instead of the same ones over and over. So you'd be more likely to have already seen your opponents. I hope that made sense.
I think the same kind of thing happened in Trenton...but that was 2 whole weeks ago, so I don't really remember. =)