FRC Blogged - Invite to Decline Follow Up, and Thanks

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by EricDrost

It's official guys. We're sticking with Pinecone.

To be fair, it's 100% my fault - I wrote comments using the last name I use on Facebook, and I don't have my full name on Chief Delphi. I'm cool with it.

I support BenB's proposal, though I think it can be done in a more simple manner that doesn't require software. At many events, the top 8 captains are already on field. If you're picked and not on field, your effective seed is announced by the emcee as you walk onto the field along with your team name. If you are below the 8 seed, the emcee can word the question differently, such as "Will you play with this team, or are you going to take your chances on becoming an alliance captain" or something far more eloquent than that.

That said, declines from below the 8th seed are exceedingly rare, and are almost always done by teams that know what they are doing.