04-11-2009, 10:55
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TSIMFD
AKA: Sean Lavery
 FRC #1712 (DAWGMA) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 6,565
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Re: Daves Game Hint
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Originally Posted by EricH
Imagine this scenario: You pick your alliance (or, the top 24 robots are chosen and randomly placed on alliances) for the finals. First match comes up, and robots A, C, F win because they're on the same alliance at the end. (Alliances were originally A, B, C vs D, E, F.) Match 2 comes along, and A, B, E win. Now who goes on? A certainly should, because they've won 2 matches. But B, C, E, and F have one win apiece and D has none, so A has to play again instead of advancing. That's the mess you get into. So you have to have a completely new format for eliminations, one where individual teams advance, or alliances are locked after the first match, or some other similar nuisance.
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Who says an entire alliance has to advance/win? 
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