Top five, FLR edition

[neilsonster]

Originally Posted by GRaduns340

I disagree with the second seed statement. I think 316, 1126, and 73 was a great alliance that should have gone much farther than they did. I think that alliance was very well selected, just got unlucky in the eliminations. I thoroughly expected that alliance to make it to the finals.

The 2nd allliance was indeed very well-rounded. I don't think they just got unlucky though. All they had to do to beat us was get on 316's platforms earlier (or at least be ready to be lifted in the last 15 seconds). By spending more time on the field they also drew penalties. I believe only two of the three robots on our alliance could reliably climb ramps, and one of the two (772) was the only robot on the alliance who could deploy two ramps, so we couldn't ever get more than 30 points.

I suppose this is all easier said than done, but you can't just lay it all on luck. You could say the same about any alliance who suffers an upset, but there's always a reason it happens.