Is alliance selection usually this bad?

[mwtidd]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

No. It is usually #1 picks #2, #3 pick #4 (or another in the top 8), then the rest pick their own alliances. There is usually no, or just one decline. I have never seen teams so unprepared for selection before, either.

Or atleast, thats how it works in my experience.

A huge wild card is the declinations you see this year. I think many of them are well founded as the FIRST ranking is horribly broken for this year. Many people say #s can't be used for alliance selection, but I'm starting to think #s like OPR and ETC(EMC and ERC) are critical to good alliance selection. Scouting doesn't seem to cut it this year.

I think captains need to realize the sum of the parts do no equal the whole, and you need to look at great teams as separate parts (autonomous, robots, and minibots) Try to find value in one or 2 or these areas, not all 3. And try to find a robot who's skills compliment yours. Top 1 or 2 robots score, and the top 2 minibots score. Balancing this through your alliance will produce the highest scoring teams. All-in-one packages don't cut it for picks.