What constitutes the "Best" team?

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Posted by colleen, Student on team #126, Gael Force, from Clinton High School and Nypro.

Posted on 3/28/99 9:53 PM MST




i've been reading, and reading, and reading.. and here's what i come up with..

everybody's beef last year, and year's past was that the "best" team didn't always win, because of ganging up, flying pigs, suicide jockeys, etc. so FIRST changed it. they changed the seeding so the highest scorer is on top, and that team's who may have a had a few bad rounds can still be picked and win, so now what's the problem?

when this year's competition was announced everyone felt the "best" team(s) would finally win, so now are you saying they are not...

but, before anyone says anything else on the subject, i would like someone to clarify for me exactly who is the "BEST" team you're all talking about, and why exactly do you not think they are going to win?

who says, that right now, the team you consider to be not one of the "best" , not one of those you are concerned about not making it or getting picked is really a lot better than you think. or, the team you're all worried about not making it into the finals is really not as impressive as you think.

as i see it, in years past, the determination of who's the "best" was left up to the system, so why not this year? just because you think a certain team is good, and the don't make it to the elite 16, well then, maybe they just aren't as good as you perceived.

in essence, only one alliance will be the "best" and as in years past, that won't be determined until the second the score is announced of the final match of the national competition, only then can anyone specifically be considered the best or deserving to have anything.

ok..so it's late.. i ramble, and it may not make sense.. but, just because a team you think is good may not make it into the top 16, doesn't mean the process is unfair, because in the end, as in every year, the best team, and only the best team, will win.. because they are the only ones who made it that far. and, if during the partnering process you are rejected, so consider yourself rejected and choose someone else, just because you are ranked higher does not make you the better team, and maybe, just maybe, if you do more communicating to teams you're interested in prior to the selection process, we won't hear of so many rejections on stage..

in a long-winded nutshell.. at this point, none of us are at priviledge to say that the best teams won't make the top 16, because only the best teams will, and only the best teams will win.. and even though you may not think those top 16 are top, too bad, cause they are, and that is the only fair thing about the process. we are almost breaking down this competition so that everyone makes it to the elimination matches, which never was the intention, let's think about all of this..

until any of us compete or are chosen, none of us should be saying who's best and who's not, and who deserved to be chosen and who didn't get picked, cause that's the way it works out so that the best team really, truly does win..

ok..i'm done, don't be too happy..