Good memory, Ed. 2007 brought us the Match Schedule Algorithm of Death. Paul and John were very quick to bring the issue to my attention as a Week 1 FTA that year. It caused quite a stir, and everyone I have talked with was very glad to see FIRST HQ correct it.
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Originally Posted by jvriezen
3. Good scouting should cause the best teams to get to play in eliminations, regardless of the shortcomings of scheduling.
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This is generally true. However, better alliances are formed when the strongest teams seed highest. Scheduling algorithms were improved several years ago to help with this. The District-era trend toward 40-team fields and 12 match schedules helps even more.
Jim Zondag will gladly say more about this, if asked. He has a lot of data.
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