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Re: #1 seeded teams
It all depends on what is considered the "Best" robot. Highest scoring is not necessarily the number 1 seed. The #1 seed SHOULD be the robot that can do well no matter who it plays with. If you were to continue playing until all possible alliances pairings had played, that is who would come out on top. In this case, it would be interesting if the #1 and #2 seeds would be the best alliance partners.
However, this is not the case. At the regionals, it will end up that the robots which are able to score more despite heavy defense, incompetent alliance partners, etc. end up on top. And so, the #1 and #2 seeds may not have complementary strategies. In fact, they may have the SAME strategy. In this game, that could mean that they get in eachother's way, or become easier to defend against.
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