A few Off Season Questions

[AllenGregoryIV]

As a team going to Red Stick. I think we should make sure we get all the qual matches we can 9-10 or more to make sure we get a good solid ranking. We're also training new drivers so the more practice the better.

We should do 1-6 alliances so no one is left out and snake should be fine with this field of teams. I don't see any supper #6 alliance having a huge advantage here.

1 plays the winner of 4 vs. 5.
2 plays the winner of 3 vs. 6.

I like the idea of passing down the bye.
1->4->5
2->3->6

That way no alliance is punished if they want to play more matches and they just sub into the other alliancess spot in the quarterfinals.

Also I would really love it if we could somehow confirm with teams the week before that they are coming. That way we could possibly do a tentative match schedule. Events with tentative match schedule > than events without.

[orangemoore]

You could just have 4 alliances of 4 teams but only 3 teams would play each match. This would resolve the issues of having 6 alliances and with only 4 alliances you could also up the number of matches to win from 2 to 3. This would give teams more potential matches to play. And it would likely take close to the same amount of time as an 8 alliance elimination bracket

[kiasam111]

At our off-season (The Duel Down Under) we modified the game so that it was played with 2 robot alliances instead of 3. We had 14 teams, therefore 7 alliances.

QFs
QF2 - 2v7
QF3 - 3v6
QF4 - 4v5

SFs
SF1 - 1vWinner QF3
SF2 - Winner QF2vWinner QF4

F
Winner SF1vWinner SF2

I quite liked having the smaller alliances, because it meant that it was easier for newer teams to find space on the field to play their game. =)

[sarah_storer]

As another team participating in Red Stick Rumble, I second the idea for alliance #1 and #2 having a bye to the semis. I ALSO really like the idea of being able to pass those byes to other alliances if they want to play more matches.

Can't wait!