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Originally Posted by Chris is me
I noticed this. Even at a regional with 29 teams (WPI), the #1 seed faced the #2 in the finals. I thought that was really weird.
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I actually think this makes more sense at a small regional. The field isn't very deep, so by the time the last seeds get to pick alliance partners there aren't any really strong teams left... the first few alliances end up being the strongest. At larger regionals and on the Championship fields, there is a much deeper pool to draw from, so there can be really strong teams left later in the selection process leading to a lot of well-rounded alliances that are all capable of winning.
In terms of the topic of this thread, I don't think this game is particularly easy for veteran teams over rookie teams. A lot of new talent has been discovered this year, and I've seen a lot of alliances that I might not have expected beforehand because of this.