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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman
How has the new alliance pairing algorithm treated you so far this season?
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I think there's still issues with how the individual regionals are setting things up. At Midwest, we felt the scheduling algorithm did a very poor job (especially since we had to play against 1625 three times in a row). However, the schedule at Boilermaker seemed to have excellent diversity (at the expense of occasionally very short cycle times between matches). I also felt that the diversity of the Boilermaker schedule was responsible for a more accurate Top 8 at the end of qualification matches (completely subjective, of course).
I'd say the algorithm is better when used correctly, but honestly I think a lot of the problems in the past were also due to incorrect use (minimum match spacing set too high). I think that option really needs to be taken out of the control of the local regional.