Districts vs. Traditional Debate 8/16 830pm EST

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

"Well-constructed" alliance is a funny way of saying "3 of the 4 best robots in MAR that year"

As someone who competed in MAR that season, "3 of the 4 best known teams" would be a more accurate description of that alliance. Despite the names involved, that was not some unstoppable powerhouse allowed to form via lack of scouting by other alliance captains. 2590 declined the #1 seed (and was definitely one of the best teams in MAR in 2014), but there were legitimate reasons the other members of that alliance "fell" to the #7 seed. Many of the teams selected before them could be very easily justified.