Problem's with 2015…

[themccannman]

Originally Posted by Justin Montois

At GTR East, 14 points was the difference between the #8 Seed and the #34 seed. In years past, 2 QP's don't come close to swinging things that much.

At SVR last year 2 qual points was the difference between 1st and 8th seed. It was also the difference between 9th and 42nd seed, that's a larger variation from a single match win/loss.

Further, at GTR Central, teams playing with 1114 seeded on average 18.6 while teams that did not get to play with 1114 seeded on average 25.2

I think your alliance partners have a much larger impact this year than ever before.

I still think this year is far more forgiving than previous years in scheduling. Scheduling this year helps teams improve in ranking if they get a good schedule but it doesn't punish teams nearly as hard for getting a bad schedule. Last year matches were completely unwinnable if you didn't have at least 2 capable alliance partners that could handle the ball. This year you can still have a very good average trusting your own robots performance each match, you don't need to bet on your alliance partners as much.