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Originally Posted by iCurtis
Wow! That's really neat Andrew. Interestingly, a below the radar team (175) had the highest cumulative score, while other favorites (121 & 20) didn't even make the top 8! Just basing off my memory (I can't seem to find last years scouting data) it seems that instead of the top 8 consisting of good and exceptionally lucky teams, there are more average robots in the top, with the good ones down farther in the rankings. I assume the GDC is hoping this will even out alliance goodness to make for more exciting eliminations. Regardless, it makes for a very interesting ranking system. I'm anxious to see it play out.  |
I think one of the big differences is that these "rankings" would punish teams that were very good at avoiding being scored upon. In last year's game, there was a definite advantage to teams that could outrun and avoid other robots, so a team like 121 that rarely ever had more than a handful of balls in its trailer would get correspondingly fewer Coopertition Points. All that being said, it was a totally different game, and that wasn't a concern for drivers and coaches last year.