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Originally Posted by fuzzy1718
What everyone that has commented on my post fails to relize is I'm not worried about my team, I'm worried about others. All you guys keep saying that I want to bring the veterans down, I don't want to. I simply want them to think of somthing other than a definate win and try to give other teams that same exsperiance. I'm more talking about things like 217 & 469 at detroit. 217 was going to Atlanta already, and more than likely so was 469, so why pick one another??????  That is more what I'm talking about. |
I think you're also failing to understand some of what we're trying to explain, too. Those top 8 teams, veterans or otherwise, have earned the right to choose their partners. They choose the partner that best completes their strategy: in 217's case, 469 complemented their robot so they picked them. Honestly, when I'm strategizing about who to pick, none of it relates to "are they going to Atlanta?" I don't think many teams look at that at all, it's really just "do they fit into our strategy?" Also, by playing both with and against super-alliances of veteran teams, you gain the experience you keep talking about. My first year in
FIRST, our team wasn't doing so well, and watching all of the experienced teams go out their with amazing robots and win match after match
inspired me, and many of my teammates, to do the same. We raised the bar, and last year and this year were significantly more successful. Let alliance captains pick who they want. If they form awesome alliances, don't think of it as a definite win, but a great learning experience, and there you go.