Buyers' remorse / Pig in a poke

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

It's not even winning on their own that the core problem is. Because your partners drive the first tie breaker (Assist points) it can screw you in seeding. This is all the worse in districts where your seeding rank is worth a lot of points. It also means that the top teams are not ranking at the top.

In my opinion that's not an issue with the seeding system, but an issue with teams not making sure they get assist points in their matches so they seed higher. Knowing that the assist points are the first tie breaker needs to be planned for in your strategy. You can win most qualification matches on your own (if uou have a good robot), but if you don't attempt to get any assist points in the process you are not going to like where you finish in the rankings.

The top 3 teams at VARI in the rankings in my opinion were the top 3 teams at the regional. I honestly don't think it is messing the seedings up more than in the past.