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Re: Is the qualification match robot randomizer really "random"

In five weeks of Michigan Districts, I have not noticed any clumping problems. This is especially significant given that there are 40 teams playing 12 matches each; obviously many see each other more than once. But that doesn't take away the perception - I heard of one complaint that they had to play with "that rookie team" (said disparagingly) 3 times. I hadn't noticed - and sure enough, a check of the schedule showed only one such pairing.

The only downfall with that size of events is the minimum match spacing has to be set to 3 - meaning sometimes a team barely has time to return to the pits before they are being requeued. But even that doesn't "clump" - if a team has a 3 or 4 game separation, likely there will be 11 or more games before their next match.

Good job, Tom.
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