In a somewhat related note, you may be interested in hearing that in Pittsburgh, some of the first round and all of the second round picking had to be re-done due to problems in the ranking software.
The team that was ranked 7th was inexplicably ranked much lower on the screen, and subsequently was not allowed to pick. During the initial picks, this team was picked in the second round by one of the top alliances, and so given an excellent opportunity at winning the championships, they did NOT file a protest. They had a much better chance being a 2nd pick of a top alliance, than being the 7th ranked picker.
The alliance that ended up with the 8th pick in the inital selection I THINK filed a protest, because had they not been 8th picker, they would have been a 2nd pick of a top ranked alliance, giving them a much better shot at the win.
At any rate, all the initial alliances at Pittsburgh sat and discussed strategy for 15 minutes, started to have lunch, and then were all called back to the field for re-selection.
It was slightly frustrating, and we were forced to change our 2nd selection on the second attempt. However all in all, the right decision was made, and we were very happy with both results from the picking. It was weird picking team 337, discussing strategy with them, only to have them picked by a different alliance the next time through, and have 337 be a part of the alliance that eliminated us

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-SlimBoJones...