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Seeding favors PT's
Posted by Joe Johnson at 2/11/2001 9:31 PM EST


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.


In Reply to: Powerhouse teams vs. Powerhouse Alliances...
Posted by Brian on 2/11/2001 4:35 PM EST:



Seeding gives a definite advantage to teams that
require very little of their partners.

While this does not require a powerhouse team, per se,
it does require that a team that wants to gain one of
those high seeds has to design their robot so that it
can get large scores with partners that can do little
more than drive over the bridge (and perhaps at least
one that can pull or push a goal?).

As to specializing, this is going to be a big part of
the Elimination Rounds. But... you have to get to the
elimination rounds first.

Remember, only 4 teams out of over 80 per group get
automatic invitations to the elimination rounds.

Either you plan on being lucky (i.e. you plan on
getting a lot of good partners) or you plan on getting
high scores without asking much from your partners.

Which is the better strategy?

As I have often said lately, Time will tell.

Joe J.



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