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Unread 08-03-2010, 00:20
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Re: Do you like the seeding system?

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Originally Posted by Herodotus View Post
I think the system works almost perfectly if everyone just plays their hardest. It can severely fall apart if people exploit it for seeding points, however.
David, a lot of people have made comments similar to yours. The rules of a game are, in my opinion, a perfect representation of the goals of the game designers. Teams are HUGELY rewarded for being seeded highly -- why would you expect them to ignore seeding-improvement strategies? There is a classic management essay entitled "On the Folly of Rewarding A While Hoping for B." That's what the FRC GDC is doing here -- hoping for a good, tough competition while rewarding bizarre behavior that makes no sense to the audience. I feel sorry for the FRC students that have to explain this to "civilians" in the stands. Makes you yearn for 2006 when the game was simple to understand (robot basketball) and the winners were the ones who won the most matches.
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