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Re: Should the Number One seed be Alloud to pick the Number Two seed?
Allowed NOT aloud........ (alloud isn't even a word.....)
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Re: Should the Number One seed be Alloud to pick the Number Two seed?
At NVTVR last weekend number one ranked 303 picked number two 2852 as our first pick. We lost in the semi finals. Granted it was in part to our robot having electrical problems and shutting of in the third match, but its not always 1 and 2.
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Re: Should the Number One seed be Alloud to pick the Number Two seed?
Yes.
Regionals/DCMPs should send the best robots they have to represent them at the world championship level. While the serpentine draft goes against this principle, it does create situations in which the elimination matches are not always a complete blowout. Teams like 1114 and 2056 didn't just get their 1st/2nd place seeds handed to them on a silver platter. They worked tirelessly throughout the 6 week build season and in the pits as well as on the field to earn their places. They are the 1%, not because they cheat, or because of a fluke, or an unfair advantage, but by honest, self-constructed success. Tearing them down (or handicapping them) in an attempt to "level the playing field" completely unfair to them and un-GP. FRC would be massively more fun if we could double the #5-8 alliance's elimination averages rather than half the #1-4's. |
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Re: Should the Number One seed be Alloud to pick the Number Two seed?
Look at it this way:
There are 3 standout teams in a regional. Let's just use A, B, and C. Suppose A is dominating in their qualifying matches. B and C start off the competition the same way and it is a battle for first place. Oh no! B's robot breaks down, they have a bad match, now they are essentially a match behind A and C in the rankings. If A and C continue to perform, they have no chance at the number one seed they wanted. Time for B to tank some matches. Show that they have potential but make sure that they seed outside of the top 4(or whatever it is) so that now whoever is the number one seed can pick them. Your method does do something for the excitement elims but it would lead to teams throwing away qualifying so that they can still win the regional. If you want to look into it there was a actually a similar problem several years back with high level badminton. Teams were purposefully losing (quite obviously, a pro team can definitely serve it over the net) because it was actually to their advantage to lose. Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/sp...ches.html?_r=0 |
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