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Originally Posted by Bill_B
Quite a bit of interesting reading here guys. However, in and among all your talk of collusion, scoring for the other alliance, etc, etc, you need to consider what each of those behaviors will mean when it comes time to choose alliance partners. It is assumed that your team would prefer to be one of the top eight, right? Is there anything about the seeding situation that changes that? Now, if you don't make it to the elite 8, what about your behavior during the elimination rounds with respect to seeding maximization will make you stand out as a desirable partner for the elimination rounds?
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I think we will see two outcomes from this:
1. Teams who don't do any scouting, and end up in the top 8, will select alliance partners based on final seeding number (as often happens).
2. Teams who have an effective scouting team, will recognize what you can do, regardless of seeding points. I plan on scouting shots on goal vs number of goals, regardless of which goal it is. If we are an alliance captain, we will look for teams that have that kind of firepower.
... Now, here is the problem though, and I think the comment reflects this ... the strategy during the elimination rounds is different than the qualification rounds. In the quals, seeding points are the focus. In the elims, wins vs loses are the focus. So, things like defense, ability to score when being defended, etc... will be hard to judge if everyone is just scoring. Quals will be primarily offensive games, the elims will be defensive games.
Steve