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Originally Posted by ScoutingNerd175
I don't think that any change first makes to the alliance selection process can possibly even out the alliances. The new draft system would work if each team had great scouting. At Chesapeake I saw people pick much weaker robots than we did for their last pick. Our 3rd robot was a really great machine, and it was the last robot chosen. I suppose that Chesapeake is not a good example of the serpentine drafts supposed effectiveness since there were no upsets.
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I feel that the exact same thing happened at LVR, though I was at the opposite side of the fence. Our team was ranked 13th after the end of the qualifying matches. We didn't paly as good as we thought we would, but we were fairly confident that we would be selected. We were picked as the last pick in the selections, and went on as the 3rd member in the winning alliance.
My point? This taught me, and I believe at least a few other men and women the value of scouting. In the snake system, everyone are forced to know much more about the field than before. I had a chance to experience team 25's amazing scouting first hand, sitting with them at their desk for a while during the elimination rounds. It was truly awesome, seeing how they worked, and who they wanted to pick and why.
I hope that FIRST keeps the same system for next year. As the head of the inteligence team in my team, I would love to have the challenge of knowing the field as well as needed to pick well. It would make my work all the more rewarding, when the rest of the team realizes how important scouting is. Because until this year, it wasn't needed that much. Now that people see what an impact it can have (and the numerous cases of captains trying to pick nonexistent teams...), we will hopefuly get more respect.
If you guys thinking about next year's game are reading this, keep this system. Please?
-Sumadin