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Re: Alliance picking
From my team experiences, it makes a big difference to go for that #1 seed as it gives you control over your alliance. Anything less leaves you open for another team to ask you to be their alliance partner. The current format should force teams to all push for that higher seeding, and, therefore, make the qualification matches all as exciting as possible.
As to the #1 seed picking the #2 seed, I'll admit that it sometimes happens, but I know that it sometimes doesn't happen. The random alliances that exist during qualifications sometimes lead to a good machine not having a great record. Our team decided at the Southern California Regional to choose a team that wasn't anywhere near the top 8. Good scouts on a team make sure that the best machine is picked, not necessarily the next best record.
I would be open to the serpentine method as a way of bringing a little more balance to the situation, but I am also happy with the current method.
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