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Crazy Idea, looking for comments

Posted by Joe Johnson, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.

Posted on 5/4/99 7:58 PM MST



I posted this message while back, but got no takers. Thought perhaps folks might have missed it.

Here is another chance.

What do you think about the idea of having 3 team alliances always (specifically, during the Qualifying Matches)?

Each QM would have 6 team 'on deck.' Shortly before the match, the 6 teams would be divided into 2 groups of 3 and two 'alliance captain' teams would be randomly selected.

In this way, teams would have practice for the finals in negotiating not only the strategy but the robot choices as well.

In addition to this, it would help to even up 2 on 1 problem created by non-functional or barely functional robots (the chance of 2 dead robots on one alliance is much less -- therefore there would be fewer 2 on 1 QM's).

It could cause a problem or two also, not the least of which is that a team may NEVER have their robot play a match, but perhaps this could be worked out.

Thoughts?

Joe J.



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