Thread: Serpentine Draft Alliance Parings, Like/Dislike
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Unread 30-03-2008, 20:35
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Re: Serpentine Draft Alliance Parings, Like/Dislike
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Originally Posted by bduddy View Post
I like it because it gives a lower-placed team (theoretically, the 24th-best team) a chance to win a regional if they can make a contribution to their alliance, because not even two "juggernauts" can usually win against the well-balanced alliances serpentine selection usually generates. It emphasizes that robots need to work together to emphasize their strengths, not just gather the three best teams in the building (or the two best and the 9th best... whatever)
*Points to 1114/2056*

Really? They've won Waterloo AND GTR together in both 2007 and 2008. Doesn't look like anyone's about to upset them any time soon either... (They also won 2007 IRI together.)