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Be carefull what you wish for...

Posted by Daniel, Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M Gunn Senior High School and NASA Ames.

Posted on 4/4/99 12:02 PM MST


In Reply to: DEJA VU posted by Bill Beatty on 4/4/99 9:36 AM MST:



You might just get it. When I wrote to Lori on the new rules, she responded by saying that it had been decided that the top 16 seeds would each choose an alliance partner and that 'there will be a third alliance with every team, but how they get 'chosen' has yet to be determined'.

From her wording, it sounds almost as if alliances aren't necessarily going to be able to pick and choose. But who really knows? All we can do is wait...

Personally, I am a fan of teams picking partners for four reasons:

(1) It will be more exciting to watch alliances with two very complimentary robots whose designs work well together

(2) With only 6 QMs, the top 16 teams will very unlikely be in the correct order. Does #1 necessarily deserve the #17 seed? (just look at how few regionals #1 won the gold)

(3) Some robots will be very defensive throughout the competition. Perhaps their score won’t bring them in the top 48 robots, but perhaps they are great and completely deserve to compete in the finals. Do they just get forgotten?

(4) When I first found out about the alliance process I was very supportive, because it eliminates the ill luck that (for example) eliminated Chief Delphi last year. You can get unlucky and someone will still pick you because they KNOW you're good.


We'll see what FIRST decides, maybe we'll get a little of both. If there's anyone I trust to make the right decision on this, it's FIRST. Those guys do a great job!

-Daniel



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