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Originally Posted by lukevanoort

I hope that's sarcasm or a joke, because I doubt 1114 ever knows their going to win, and I am certain that they don't pick bad teams in order to boost their own image (often the last robots picked are just okay, but alliance captains have no control over that, since they are the last ones picked). And I also doubt 1114 chooses teams they mentor because they mentored them. You'll note that every time 1114 has picked another NiagaraFIRST team, they picked either one of the best or the best robot available to them. It wouldn't surprise me if they leaned towards teams they knew well (more familiarity = better efficiency on the field), but I would be extremely surprised if they go into alliance selections thinking "How many NiagaraFIRST teams can we get on our alliance."

1114 is an awesome team