[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by nickpaterni

I've not seen any threads on this topic before, and I'm sure it has been discussed ad infinium, but I always thought that a simple change would make elimination alliance selection better from an excitement / game standpoint: The top 8 are not allowed to pick from anyone in the top 8.
Of course, there could be abuses of this system - intentionally losing qual matches to keep yourself out of the top 8, but I think a combination of GP and perhaps a tweaking of the points earned for match wins vs. draft selection points could render that problem almost null.
In the end, I think everyone can agree having an exciting elims is preferable to watching one super alliance stomping everyone else into the ground, and I think not mixing the top 8 is the way to do it.
(OK, now tell me why my idea is flawed )

This was the one of the systems used for alliance selection in the past (2002-2003 IIRC).
It worked horribly for the reason that you mention. There was a ton of collusion because no one wanted to be stuck unable to ally with the top teams.

Even worse than this was the Auto pairing where 1/5, 2/6, 3/7 and 4/8 (2001)were automtically paired together.