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Re: don't tell teams, show them

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Originally posted by Mike Soukup
Your best shot at getting picked is to perform well in the qualification matches. This doesn't necessarily mean winning matches. It may involve showing off a particular ability or strength of the robot, something you can do better than anyone else in the division. High seeded teams aren't always good elimination bots and low seeded teams are sometimes the best picks for the eliminations.
We were never only trying for the win in the qualifications- we did try to keep control of opponents score, but often were screwed over by opponents who chose not to go home or became disabled at the end. We kept getting 60-70 point rounds, which kept us in the middle of the pack before we beat you guys and 88 in the last match (when we moved into the mid-teens). Not once in the past two events that we attended this year did we have a problem getting the center goal, even against insanely fast teams and three-goal grabbers (we beat MOE in elims at VCU).

I think we tried to let our robot speak for itself too much, a decision which we ended up regretting a lot.

Congrats on getting as far as you did, you guys had an awesome robot.
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