2011 Championship Alliances

[EricH]

Originally Posted by gunsanbob

why did 2337 choose 578 who only won 3 matchs

Strategy.

I don't care if someone wins all their matches or none of their matches. If there is something that they do well, and that complements my team's strategy, if they're around when my team is picking, they won't be around much longer. If there's a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none robot around that does everything but does not do it well, they're probably going to be available a while longer.

Rankings are kind of tough anyway--the "algorithm of death" a few years back proved that by putting teams against each other multiple times (and I do mean multiple--sometimes as many as half of their matches were against each other). Teams that pick solely based on rankings are at a distinct disadvantage against teams that pick based on strategy and team ability. And sometimes, a team thinks another team will be a good strategy fit, but the other team is looking for something completely different.