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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I haven't read the whole thread but I will say this. I believe the new system in theory levels the playing field more and makes for more exciting and fair matches. However, it was the first time in 6 years we did not get picked for finals (at two events too). We could make shots high and low, climb the ramp, and human load. Our elevation and turret control making use of the camera and pots was so good we got the Innovation in Control award for it. We seeded 24th due to 3 partners' robots not showing up for matches in the qualifying rounds. We did not tip, miss a match, or die on the field once. We had the most visible and recognizable pit space.
I'm lead to believe there is something flawed with the system. I just can't pinpoint what it is.
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As much as I feel sympathy for your situation, I don't necessarily think that this has anything to do with the serpentine draft. There were teams at UTC that I thought should have been picked, although I didn't have complete data (1071 comes to mind) over some robots that were picked. There were also robots that I thought should have been picked over some teams the lower ranking teams picked for their second bot. This can't really have to do with the order people pick in. If the first seed was going to pick you, they would have done it whether they picked first or last. This is really a scouting issue and an issue of what other teams wanted. It is possible that all teams got shooter that they felt were better than you in the first round of picks and wanted a defensive/dumper robot for the second. Maybe your autonomous didn't work with yours. Or maybe they had insufficient scouting and didn't notice you. I don't know, I'm not them and I wasn't there. But if you see a flaw in the system, it is in the whole process of alliance selection, not the serpentine draft.