Observation about Selecting Alliances

[OneAngryDaisy]

I can see why you guys would be dissapointed, we were fortunate enough to be able to pick first. This allowed us to select a 'workhorse', as i call them- and in this case our workhorse was 175. They consistently scored 120+ pts every round by themselves, so we wanted our third partner to be a consistent hanger, and that's where 357 came in. I can tell you, if we were seeded lower we would definitely had to consider other options, such as a partnership with a team like yours where we collect balls and you cap, then we both hang. Some calls at PARC were questionable, yes, even the Galileo #1 seed and National Finalists got overlooked. That happens everywhere, in fact I remember many selections at Philly and Nats that just blew my mind, for example our robot practically got destroyed at Nats but we still were selected 8th, even though there were many teams that performed eons better than us there. In the end it all depends on who is picking and what they know of you, I must say that familiar teams and names definitely play a role in selections, so just promote your team and try to spread the name, it could definitely pay off one day.

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