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Re: Why NOT change the rules?

Posted by Jeff Burch, Engineer on team #45, TechnoKats, from Kokomo High School and Delphi Delco Electronics Systems.

Posted on 3/29/99 8:18 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: Why change the rules? posted by colleen on 3/28/99 10:00 PM MST:




I have a hard time seeing much of a down side to the 3-team alliance rule change.

I've heard complaints that it will allow a team that didn't contribute in the elimination rounds to "unfairly" be crowned as a champion. So What? Who does this hurt? Even if the third alliance partner never plays a single match they were good enough to be picked by a top 8 seed. Besides, being part of a top 8 alliance is a fantastic boost for that teams school, corporation and community. Saying they don't deserve it is just sour grapes; taking the trophy away from them doesn't help your team any.

I've also heard that it would result in "super alliances" by letting teams pick the two best teams that aren't in the top 8. Again, so what? Isn't that the name of the game? Wouldn't it be exciting to see the three best teams play together? And if they are the three best teams what's wrong with all three winning the championship?

Anyway, I think rigging this will be EXTREMELY difficult at the nationals with only four qualifying matches. It would be way too risky to purposely do poorly so you're available for another team. If that other team has even one bad qualifying round your scheme is down the drain. In any case, I truly don't believe you could pick three teams that would make an unbeatable alliance; there are just too many good teams and good strategy can prevail over good robots.

There's been a lot of worries about how teams could take advantage of the system and for the most part none of it has come to pass. FIRST is not going to pick the top 16 teams rather than the top 8 because they don't feel they have time for the extra matches. The three team alliance adds another interesting strategy element to the game, it saves time by allowing broken robots to sit out, it gets more teams into the elimination rounds, and it spreads the glory. Like I said, I don't see a down side.

Jeff Burch


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