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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
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What FIRST actually tried was automatic pairings among the top 8 teams, which was an even greater incentive to trying to manipulate the ranks in a game that was already very different from any other.
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Think back farther. 1999 (the first year of alliances) did not allow picking within the top 8.
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P6. The eight qualified teams will select their allies from the remaining (non-
qualified) teams. Selection of allies will occur starting with the highest
ranked team and proceed down the rank order until eight alliances have been
formed.
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