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Originally posted by Matt Reiland
The outcome of an individual match is not necessarily an indication of who is a better alliance. A single robot getting disabled during autonomous or flipped could mean an automatic loss even though they are are better alliance.
this happened a lot. also, since we're using the NCAA tournament as a comparison, each game is not 2 minutes in length, there is time to recover from serious errors or injuries, and substitutions can be made. i coulda sworn there were 2 halves to a game... ideally, if 2 alliances were exactly equal in capabilities, and something caused a win in the first match, there should be no way for the winners to come back. but often the first match is lucky, or unlucky, depending on viewpoint. first employed these rules to help reduce small errors that could lead to weaker alliances advancing. if you're so confident that the better alliance will win the first match, why won't they win the second? i've seen this fail numerous times, and it's all part of strategy. there is no guarantee that the first alliance is more powerful than the 8th alliance either. this has been proven time and again, and not only this year. from my experience, MOE has won as a high numbered alliance and lost as a number 1 seeded alliance. bad luck, good luck, and excellent opponents all come into play.
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