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Re: Picking versus being picked

Posted by Tom Vanderslice, Student on team #275, ORHS/AST/Hitachi, from Academy of Science and Technology and Hitachi.

Posted on 3/31/99 7:17 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Picking versus being picked posted by Daniel on 3/31/99 2:58 PM MST:



: Last year in Florida my team seeded 6th. I can't say how proud I was. I had this lightness in my stomach for the whole night! It felt GOOD. Similarly, this year, it should feel good to be one of the top seeds. Of course it's an honor to be able to score the most points!

: You have a right to feel proud!

: You also have a right to feel proud this year for getting picked by a top 16 team. Although the main goal is to win it all, it's definitely a landmark achievement to be a top 16 seeded team. In no way does that make getting picked a lesser position. Some robots are designed to be picked simply because of a unique playing strategy...

: In other words, Mike put it pretty well.

: -Daniel

Yes, I'm sure there are many teams (well I don't know how many, but we're one...and I've heard of a few others...and I'm sure there are plenty more) whose strategies are designed to be picked as alliance partners. It is very unlikely at nationals that a robot designed to be defensive will be a top 8/16/whatever number it is team b/c even if they win every match...they simply won't have enough qualifying points...so in no way is being picked a lesser position...but...(there's always a but isn't there)...being in the top 8/16 is also a GREAT accomplishment...I'd love to be there...but I'd be happy just being in the elimination rounds.

Tom





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