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Pairings Based on Rating
I definitely would not want to have pairings based on previous years ratings. It seems to me that this would place teams that will likely be strong (47, 111, 308) in much more difficult matches. The result would be that teams which have weaker records get easier matches, most likely more points, and thus higher rankings. Sure, this makes it nicer to rookie teams, but it makes the seeding/qualification ranking system somewhat obsolete, as you do not have a list of the best robots....do we really want to punish our strong veteran teams??? And do we want finals/eliminations to be full of teams with weaker schedules??? I like the random pairings, i agree that sometimes a team can get hit with a couple tough matches, but fixing the matches in this way, i feel, would only make the situation worse
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