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Re: Official 2005 Clue Thread
One aspect of the pre-1999 game I don't expect to return is the "two strikes and you're out" format. For those who haven't been around FIRST that long, in '98 and before, there were "seeding matches" that determined where the teams were placed in the matching chart, but the actual competition was double elimination, with three teams per match. There was one winner and two losers per match, so it worked out that nearly half of the teams were eliminated after two matches. From the quarter finals onward, the matches were one on one with a best of three match format in each round.

Winning under the old system was really, really good, as I had the good fortune to experience with TechnoKats in '98, but there were way too many teams who put in all that effort, only to be eliminated after two matches.
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