[LeelandS]

I can understand your gripes. but a 1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3... draft would almost eliminate all the competition in FRC. Even if the best team didn't seed first, they still have the pick of the next two best teams at the event. If the best, or one of the best, seeded first, they would just kill all the competition.

I personally like the 1-8, 8-1 draft. Some members of my team disagree, but if the best team already has their pick of the first team, giving them the (theoretical) 17th best team at a competition, they still have an amazing chance at winning (likewise with the next few seeds, who still get comparatively amazing picks). a 1-8,8-1 draft adequately rewards teams for earning their seeding place, while not putting an unnecessarily high winning chance on the 1st seeded alliance.