pic: Sum of team numbers versus match number in Curie

[Mr B]

The graph is great in that it clearly shows what we all suspected as we looked at the match lists. Thanks for posting it.

I hope that the algorithm wasn't built upon the assertion that lower numbered teams means veteran and therefore better robots. Although that might be generally the case, all teams have up or down years. I'd hate to be a low numbered team that lost their corporate support (I know several) and had to face nothing but low numbered teams. By the same token, I wouldn't want to be a high numbered team that was hot but skated through qualifying because of easy matches. The method of match selection is WAY better than in '07, but it looks like it still needs a little tweaking.

It'd be great if FIRST provided something similar to the awesome Sundial program (which counts down the time till each team's next match). The improved efficiency might give the match algorithm a little more flexibility in the time between matches.