"Strategic" Alliance selection

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by Leav

So, to the point:

1. If someone is going to select you, will they talk to you and set it in stone? (so that you can tell others to not plan on you etc.)
2. say TeamA is seeded below you and would like to select TeamB, would they (TeamA, TeamB or both) approach you and ask you not to select TeamB?
3. Is it general practice to honor such a request if it is made?

1. It all depends on the team, and if they talk to other teams. I know that I do not talk to other teams, unless I know that I'm in a situation in which I have access to the full field of robots. (1st or 2nd seed).

2. This to my knowledge has never happened, and never should happen.

3. A team does not have to honor a request if it is made. This is actually what happened last year; we requested assistance from another team, and they politely told us that they would decline our offer if it was made.