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Originally Posted by iVanDuzer
I also don't see why scorched earth would matter too much, as Einstein alliances consistently pick outside the top 8 anyways. Last year, 217 picked 1503, 254 picked 111, and 987 picked 968. The only alliance that had inter-picking was the Archimedes division, where 2016 (1) picked 177 (6).
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There was a little bit of disruption in Newton last year (though it wasn't intentional and could have been taken much further if it was). Team 3138 was deservingly the number 1 seed and selected Team 16 (the 6th seed), who declined. They then immediately picked 233, who was ranked outside of the top 8. Teams 148 and 217 then both declined invitations to join the second seed, 1676, which prevented any combination of those three teams within the top 8 from pairing up.