(Seemingly) Irrational alliance selection decisions?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

Close numbered teams make for confusion sometimes. I remember on Galileo last year when our team, 1619, was selected the guy from 1690 got up as well, thinking that was the number they had said.

One another note, I'd imagine at Minnesota Regionals that teams are very careful during alliance selection when they announce they're picking 2502 or 2052.

I've heard that 973 looks like 175.