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Someone has to make the top 8

Posted by Mike Kulibaba, Student on team #88, TJē, from Bridgewater-Raynham Regional and Johnson and Johnson.

Posted on 3/28/99 11:25 AM MST


In Reply to: Playing fair? posted by mike aubry on 3/28/99 9:38 AM MST:



For a super Alliance to take place, one of the teams in it has to make the top 8, plus there are 24 very good teams so I expect there to be 8 Super alliances and not just one. It's gonna be great to see what happens. If Beatty Hammond does make the top 8 I expect them to pick team 27 and why shouldn't they. They helped them win two regional championships, i'd do the same thing if I was in that situation. but for some strange reason Beatty hammond doesn't make the top 8 then how can the super alliance be formed. I would also like to add a point about why I don't like the 3 team alliance rule. Let's say team 445(it's a fake number but just work with me)has a very inferior robot and the only reason why they made the top 8 is because they got teamed up with Delphi one round and Baxter in the other to score 540 each time. Being in the top 8, Team 454 knows that they don't really have a legitimate shot at winning the competition. They go and talk to teams 27 and 71 and ask them to be their alliance partners and that teams 27 and 71 would play all the rounds in the elimination rounds without team 454 doing anything. So team 454 gets a free ride having an inferior robot but still gets a prize if Beatty and team 27 make the finals. It's gonna be like "a day in the life of politics" with all the deals that are gonna be made.

Mike Kulibaba Team 88 TJē


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