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Re: Denying an Alliance Selection
In 2006 at Nationals (Newton Field), 176 was denied twice. It was part of a strategy by the #1 seed to break up any "super alliances". 176 was not one of the best robots on the field, but had been doing fairly well and had a nice match schedule. They ended up being the only undefeated team in the division and ultimately took the 1 seed.
The seeding was...
1. 176
2. 987
3. 25
4. 254...
176 knew that 987 was likely to select 25, due to their success together at Las Vegas that year and they also knew that 25 would deny a selection. They knew 25 would deny because there were a decent amount of teams that were considered better than 176. They also chose 254 for the same reason. 987 could then not select 25 or 254. 25 also could not select 254 as well.
Ultimately they chose 111 and got to the Division Finals. You could argue that if they hadn't played that strategy, they wouldn't have made it past semis.
So to answer the question...a good amount of times denying a team/blocking a team has a lot to do with strategy. However there are a decent amount of times where the seeded team is just not up to snuff for some teams to pair with.
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Last edited by Corey Balint : 01-04-2008 at 10:41.
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