Does CD affect alliance selections?

[Jherbie53]

I believe that CD has the affect that teams get "legend" status and newer teams might look at teams like 71, 67, 111, and 1114 differently because of it. If you are new and you look on CD and see that 1114 is the only team to win 3 regionals twice, then you are going to look at them as "THE" team to beat. When you are at a regional and the MC says that 71 has won the championship 4 times, you start dreading playing against them. Most of the time the "legend" teams are going to back up the hype put out there about them, but if I was a new team and did hear about 1114, it would definitely make an impact on how I view them.

Most people at the competitions will look at CD and the Blue Alliance for pre-scouting, but most will make their decision about teams based on the way they preform on the field and not from the hype about them.