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Originally posted by sidewinder
In 2001 we walked in ranked #1 in curie division, but couldn;t get a break with our alliance partners...
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In 2001, the only reason you were ranked #1 is because of your alliance partners in the qualification matches. Even the best teams, and the best bots had to rely on SOME luck that year. No one could do it all alone. Such is the nature of our competition. The random pairing is designed to balance everything out, but since it is random there is some inbalance. Team's who seeded highly knew what they were doing, and had a good bot, but they also likely had some luck involved in their alliance pairings.
That is one of the problems with the competition as it stands now, but also one of it's strong points. Luck is a large part of every FIRST competition, and to deny that is foolish. Sometimes it all comes together, sometimes it does not.