Thread: 9.3.4 Match Seeding Points
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Unread 09-01-2010, 16:54
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Re: 9.3.4 Match Seeding Points
The Seeding of teams is a tricky thing, even when a you have many many comparisons between teams (think of MLB with a 160ish game season). It is even more difficult when you have 7 or 8 matches for each team and you have multiple teams compared each match.

FIRST has the added problem of trying to encourage GP while still having a game worth playing.

The proposed system for 2010 is not that much different from some of the systems that we have had in the past. I think there are going to be anomalies but there always are anomalies.

There are always going to be teams in the top 8 slots that are "undeserving" in someone's eyes.

The drafting process is the great equalizer... ...which is a topic for another thread...

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