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Originally Posted by Ekcrbe
To be honest, I'm glad 1114 and 2056 teamed up again. I think (and I believe almost everyone agrees) that those two teams were the best performers at GTER, and allying with each other gave both the best opportunity to win. This is a competition, and if 2056 used their first pick on some other team "just to be nice", then it would prove to me that they are not taking the competition seriously (by not playing to win), and the integrity of the event would be compromised.
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Right. And letting teams have a chance "just to be nice" would also seem condescending to a lot of people.
I would also add that 1114 and 2056 intentionally giving themselves a harder chance to win would be at the expense of the members of their teams that have not tasted similar success that members in past years have experienced. And plenty of teams have the opportunity to qualify for championships in other ways. In no way is 1114 and 2056 preventing other teams from getting to St Louis through other means.