what i see after the competition

[GregT]

Seeding points mean nothing.

As patrick said, my team (639) seeded 35 out of 38.

We were second picked for elim.

why? because we could do things otheres couldn't and could do them well. We were one of (if not the) strongest pusher with one goal in NYC (we lift the goal). We never, never failed to do what we told our alliance partners we would do. We said we would have 2 goals in scoring position, we had 2 goals in scoring position.

The reason we were ranked so low is a combanation of bad luck and (i hate to say it) but bad partners. I have nothing against 'bad' partners. Quite often our alliance partners would barely be in driving condition. We lost one seeding match because our partner didn't even bring their robot to the field (would have given us 10 pts).

Its just the way the game works this year, QP's mean nothing unless you are in the top 8. Teams don't pick based on team numbers, higher isnt worse- neither do they pick on QP's, lower isn't worse. From what i've seen, teams pick based on individual robot performance and on combatibility with their robot (a ball getter would want a strong goal handler).

My 3 cents
Greg