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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
That statement isn't quite true. With the current scheduling system, the lower numbered teams each face a [theoretically] harder schedule as they are never paired with another low numbered team, and will typically have to carry their alliance. Thus why low numbered teams rarely emerge captains. You cannot use evidence tampered by this system to advocate against it.
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Read my words carefully. I stated that all systems are unfair to one group or another. I agree that low number teams have to work harder to win under the current match system. My thesis was as follows:
a) 1902, 1251 and 1270 were strong teams since they reached the finals
b) the current match pairing system incorrectly assumes they are weak
which gives them a stronger team in the round robins
c) good scouting will find good teams for alliances - #4 at LA, #45, & #86
even if they do not have high ranks.
