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Re: Picking Teams in Elimination Rounds

My whole family had a discussion on this topic today after watching some of the matches off of SOAP. We basically came to the following conclusions:

1.)This new draft system will definitely make for closer matches overall during the course of the elimination rounds and will probably be more exciting for people just spectating.

2.)It does severely cut down on the advantages of being the #1 seed, although it doesn't get rid of them entirely. I've seen matches where a really well done robot and a great partner were able to win even with a disabled 3rd robot. That being said, the #1 seed may well be able to pick a good enough 1st pick that they can put up a strong fight against a more balanced 8th seeded alliance, even if the 3rd robot is disabled (like what may happen in the low attendance regionals with only 25 or so robots).

I think that in the spirit of FIRST and gracious professionalism, this is a good choice of action. I'm sure that Dean, Woodie, Dave, and the rest of the team who decide these things would not have made this change without putting forth a lot of thought.

FIRST is about more than winning, its about a community effort. FIRST is about the relationships between the students, the teachers, the mentors, the sponsors, the parents, and everyone else involved. It is about learning and sharing that knowledge with others. It is about gracious professionalism; so if people are upset about this new draft because it means they may not win as much -- get over it -- FIRST isn't so concerned with winning(even though winning can be really really really fun), that is why the Chairman's Award isn't decided by the competition itself.

Anyway, thats my rant on why we should just go with it and do our best, if our bots are as good as we think, and our teams have it all together, then we have nothing to worry about with the new draft system; we'll still have great alliances and use all of our alliance partners to their full potential.

Good luck to all , I'll see you at UCF, Boston, and the Championship,
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