Rookie Teams in Elims

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Originally Posted by TeamSpyder1622

When you said veteran teams ranked in the lower half of the table you also have to factor in teams going to their first regional. We didn't score a single point until something like our 6th match because of all the bugs in the code we had to work out so we ended up ranked somewhere around 40 our of 58. But we ended up scoring 25 points on our own in the elimination matches. It would have looked like our team just got picked because we were a veteran.

Actually, that shouldn't really factor in. Who can assume a team will be effective in elim matches when they haven't been able to score in qual matches? If a team's bot isn't effective, first regional or not, why should they be ranked higher because of their "potential"?

Everyone has code or mechanical issues in their first regional -- and most teams only go to one regional (especially rookies) so I don't see any correlation.