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Re: Championship Event - Where the "Random" Match Sorting Really "Shines"

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Originally Posted by GaryV1188 View Post
The problem is deciding which teams get into which tiers. Team number is not the way to go. If you go to a regional with few rookies, the 3rd tier gets distorted - such as including 1114 at GLR. At the other end, there are teams with very low numbers who have a poor year, or who have had a long-term decline due to various factors (losing sponsors or mentors comes to mind) and are just shells of their former glory.
My team, 1100, was actually in the lowest tier at Boston. At least I think we were, since the lowest number team we played with was 1403, and we only played with teams under 1900 twice (once was 1403).
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