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Originally Posted by fuzzy1718
The fact that right after alliance selection, at the regionals that we have attended, I could tell you who was in the finals and be right 2/3 times, tells you something.
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The fact that you can't be right 100% of the time tells
me two things. First, the seeding rounds are not adequate to guarantee that the best robots are ranked highest. Second, there is more to winning elimination rounds than sheer robot goodness (teamwork, strategy, and luck all play a large part).
What it does
not tell me is that high-ranked teams ought to be handicapped to make the outcome of the competition less predictable. I don't want every team at a regional to have a good chance of winning. I want that chance to go only to those teams who put forth the necessary effort. Winning an FRC tournament is something you must work at, not something you deserve.