Thread: Picking Teams in Elimination Rounds
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Re: Picking Teams in Elimination Rounds
Seems to me that Serpentine picking doesnt matter if there are a good enough beginning pool of teams. For example, if 1114 and 1503 are in the same competition and on of them is seeded number 1, i have a very hard time believing that they wont
a) form an alliance
b) win the regional

If these two teams are in the same division at nats, i bet they'd do the same thing there too. I mean, these robots are strong to the point that they have a special device on their robot mainly for scoring points for their opponents to boost RP (which is a valid strategy, but i guess since they were the only undefeated team at Waterloo, they didnt need it.)another congreats to those two teams, 67, and 1281. They worked together on both sides of the field to really show how to play the game.
So, if there are strong enouch teams at the beginning, the third pick matters less than if the first round picks are more meiocre.
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