VCU NASA Regional

[sanddrag]

By the rankings on the webcast, it seems as if the #1 seed got 9 matches while the rest of the teams got 8 matches. I was expecting at least one or two more matches overall, but it is a big regional.

[Goobergunch]

The top of the seedings at VCU:

1 - 1279
2 - 1095
3 - 401
4 - 435
5 - 165
6 - 1610
7 - 1541
8 - 345
9 - 616
10 - 540

Time for alliance selections....

[Tristan Lall]

I think there's a bit of a problem with the alliance selection process at VCU: the announcer just stated that a top-8 team must accept an invitiaton, or withdraw. This is not supported by the rules, unless a Q&A response changed this since Revison A was posted.

Each of the Alliance Leads will designate a student to be the Alliance Captain. Each remaining team will choose a student to act as Team Representative. Each Alliance Captain and Team Representative will proceed to the Playing Field at the designated time to represent her or his team. In descending order, each Alliance Captain will invite to join them, a team ranked below them in the standings, which has not already accepted or declined an invitation, to join an Alliance. The invited Team Representative will step forward and either accept or decline the invitation. If the team accepts, it is moved into that Alliance. If the team declines, it is not eligible to be picked again and the Alliance Captain extends another invitation to a different team. If an invitation from a top eight alliance team to another top eight alliance team is accepted, the team currently ranked ninth will move up to become the number eight alliance. The process continues until Alliance Eight makes a successful invitation. The same method is used for each Alliance Captain’s second choice. This process will lead to eight alliances of three teams.

The relevant point: "it is not eligible to be picked again", with nothing about that team itself picking. Also, note the sentence that follows above--that would be redundant if the declining top-8 team had to withdraw. This may turn out badly, because of the apparent misunderstanding.

Of course, we won't actually see the results of this, because a team in this position will probably just accept, rather than face (incorrect) withdrawal.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

This may turn out badly, because of the apparent misunderstanding.

<off topic>
Why is alliance selections always a problem?? Grr.. I think while striving to make the game viewer friendly as a spectator, FIRST should strive to make the Alliance selection process as easy to understand as possible too.
</off topic>

[Goobergunch]

Alliances

Seed...Captain...First Round...Second Round
#1......1279......384.............1545
#2......1095......1541............975
#3......401........435.............122
#4......165........345.............422
#5......1610.......616............510
#6......540........388.............619
#7......837........1086...........1093
#8......339........447.............539

Standby Teams
1469, 1172, 1137, 1623, 587, 1054, 1598, 1417

[Kyle Love]

Quater Final Matches:
QF1-1 Red 49 Blue 00 (1-0-0)
QF2-1 Red 29 Blue 53 (0-1-0)
QF1-2 Red 31 Blue 31 (1-0-1)
QF2-2 Red 31 Blue 43 (#5 seed moves on, defeats #4 seed)
QF1-3 Red 26 Blue 32 (1-1-1)
QF1-4 Red 03 Blue 49 (#8 seed moves on, defeats #1 seed)
QF3-1 Red 15 Blue 24 (0-1-0)
QF4-1 Red 38 Blue 39 (0-1-0)
QF3-2 Red 24 Blue 00 (1-1-0)
QF4-2 Red 76 Blue 15 (1-1-0)
QF3-3 Red 58 Blue 00 (#2 seed moves on, defeats #7 seed)
QF4-3 Red 51 Blue 29 (#3 seed moves on, defeats #6 seed)