pic: Sum of team numbers versus match number in Curie

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by meaubry

We were in Newton , (Team 47) and we also never played with or against any team higher than 1000.

All our matches involved teams like 233, 175, 39, 111 and
in 5 of the 7 we played against a team, then with them in the next match.

On a brighter note - the points piled up like crazy, and we ended up with the 2nd highest RS in Newton (over 70) - we seeded 43 of 85 with a 3-4 (W-L) record.

We had a minimum of an hour between matches - that usually grew as the matches fell behind schedule.

Well gee, since my fellow Delphi brethren on 45 and 47 have chimed in, let me pile on.....

48 also played the majority of our matches on Galileo against teams numbered less than 1000, but we did manage to see a few +1000 teams. Of course, one of those teams above 1000 just happened to be 1717, a divisional finalist. They just happened to be paired with the ThunderChickens in that match - event champion. Fun times on D, tell ya what.

Partner Teams:

8, 40, 70, 84, 168, 121, 180, 226, 291, 425, 509, 812, 1540, 2599

Opposing Teams:

8, 25, 65, 84, 88, 115, 121, 134, 176, 195, 217, 343, 364, 384, 469, 494, 509, 1138, 1366, 1717, 2564

It would have been great if the talent were evenly balanced between partners and opponents, but that wasn't to be. By far, our opponent strength far exceeded the cumulative partner strength. It's fun checking out the match list on Thursday and having everyone simultaneously roll their eyes - here let me simulate this -->

We were also queued up in the 2nd match of the day both Friday and Saturday - while we broke the string of being queued in the first dang match at 3 supposedly independent regionals with 3 supposedly independent match lists, this was still an inconvenience - more eyes were rolled -->

Yet despite the 2-5 record (the OPR predictions suggested 3 wins), we still had a good time. But yeah, please fix the algorithm for the offseason events. Especially IRI. Pleeeeeeeeeeeze.

I guess with 85 teams, I have difficulty understanding why the chosen algorithem they chose was used. Was it to somehow level the playing field and force higher #'s up to the top seeding positions?

Mike

Interesting thought.....