[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by Billfred

EDIT: And another idea in a completely different vein, inspired by Rick TYler's post on page 1:


So imagine if we took this a step further. The Top 8 would be prohibited from picking each other, which I'm normally in favor of allowing, but that would be too painful here. Each alliance captain would have X number of points with which to purchase their alliance partners. Note that I didn't specify how many--alliances in eliminations would not be limited in size, at least in theory. You could just bid on two great partners and hope nobody breaks, or maybe have four or five mid-card robots that you could switch between to suit your strategy.

What this doesn't include is some means for a team to decline (say, their robot's broken beyond hope of repair in time)--I assume you'd just notify the captains that they're out.

I like that idea. That would add another interesting element to strategy and scouting, and alliance selection. Do you want to max out your points on two robots and hope their abilities will work to your advantage, or do you want to have a variable-team alliance where you can switch out teams depending on the alliance you're playing? Hmm...