[New Lightning]

Okay, looking back over this thread I feel like kind of an idiot, I don't know what I was thinking. Its true there will only be 32 teams, and that no matter what system you use there will still be 32 teams. However, I still feel that a system, just for the off season, where the alliance captains can't pick from each other creates better competition in the elim rounds. In any kind of event there will he the people that get to a top 8 ranked team, that probably shouldn't have been there. But that is still part of the game adapting to who can be on your alliance, and how you use those robots. And yes #8 teams can go out and when championships, but they still had to go out and earn that by playing and using what teams they had available to them. By using this system lower ranked teams have the opportunity to play with higher ranked teams, which allows them to get experience and perhaps grow as a team from the experience, maybe make a friend that normally wouldn't have. There will always be pros and cons to any system, I happen to like the CTTD system for off season, doesn't mean everyone else shares my same opinion.