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Originally Posted by Richard
BTW, it's not just the back-up that might be left on the sidelines by an AC pursuing their best shot at victory -- any member of the alliance might suffer the same fate. As I recall, 469 sat out in favor of the high-scoring 148, and that was the alliance captain's prerogative.
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469 played in our 2nd quarterfinal match. It was a close outcome but we lost that match. We decided to go with 148 the rest of the way, almost making it to the finals. 469 had some repair work to do on their ramps after their match, I believe, and they worked very hard to return to full readiness for our alliance should we have called upon them again.
Perhaps we should get rid of the term "backup" for the 4th pick and simply refer to everyone as equals????? Each team on the four team alliance should be considered an equally interchangeable component at the discretion of the alliance captain. Everyone gets the same trophy if they are fortunate enough to make it into the final round..... They don't stamp "Finalist/Champion Alliance Backup" on the thing.....