[DerDer247]

Well being on the Curie Division Winning Alliance and a scouter for team 247 I have some information on the Alliances.

As i see it our team had been communicating with what teams we wanted, we had managed to make a deal with 217. and got into the 7th seed alliance.

All the teams that made it to Nationals were exellent teams, Lunacy delt 90% skill, and 9% Persperation and 1% luck, as i see it, the amount of matches each team was given means that if a team makes a mistake or does extremelly well doesn't mean its an accurate depiction of the Winning Alliance, Finals at nationals was could not be predicted, it could have turned on a dime, and it did.
With respect to all finalist teams anyone could have won, all teams make mistakes, sometimes the alliance partners compensate for those mistakes sometimes they don't.

It did seem to be an upset with selection and with the final matches of Curie, but alot of teams had their alliance plans set up.

Proof that things can turn on a dime in Nationals is what happend to the ThunderChickens, a great team with a great bot. but with qualifications they unfotunatly lost a few matches, this ranked them really low, and when they rebounded they got to 7th Seed. But in all District Events in Michigan they went to they ended up in 1st or 2nd. Numbers can seem to bring powerhouse teams down, and sometimes the numbers fools the teams.