Team Update 17

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Rex114

... They keep saying the algorithm will be "improved", but they neglect to say in what way it will be improved, and to me it looks like they are still set on putting teams into the A, B and C categories, which to me is totally bogus ...

I'm guessing it was a misguided* attempt at creating balanced alliances. Now that it's in the program, the program can be tweaked to change the matchups within that structure (ie, don't have to have a perpetual opponent), but they can't get rid of the pools without totally rewriting the program. Hopefully they will continue to tweak through the regionals, and a new non-pooled program will be available for Atlanta.

* - misguided, in that team number alone doesn't equate to team strength. At GLR, we could have had a "balanced" alliance of 67/469/1114 because of the pools. It didn't happen, although 469 and 1114 were together once.