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Originally Posted by Chris Fultz
I think many of the reasons listed here are good, but our selection process is based on our scouting, not ranking. There are so many variables in the ranking that are totally outside of a teams control.
We look at indivudual robot performance and how it would fit with our robot as a team. What is a good fit for us might be a terrible fit for another robot.
I also think as you get to the tougher regionals and to the Championships, the selection is also influenced on having a solid reputation to perform, and on how well you have performed what you say you can do.
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I can't agree more. So often do you see teams that really can't contribute to their teams much get picked by a team due to poor scouting. I know for a fact that most of the good teams have extensive scout teams that rigorously pick apart the little nuiances of a team as to why they are seeded where they are. If they are an amazing team that just got unlucky as to get paired with broken partners several times, that's noted. More often that not a scouting team will do it's job. But it's when they don't do their jobs that the real diamonds in the rough get unnoticed.