Thread: Negotiating for Alliance Selections During the Championship
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Re: Negotiating for Alliance Selections During the Championship
On a more serious note, we game out all of the possible scenarios the night before the last day. I think we had 6 scenarios in 2013 on Friday night and we had a draft list for each one (several overlapped). We even accounted for being rejected. Most events aren't so complex, but it does take time and commitment. Don't think that you can develop a draft list in 10 minutes (or on the arena floor as we've all seen teams do.) Teams behind the No. 1 seed will be in much the same spot as we've been over the past and to be honest we won't do anything much differently than we've done before no matter where we are after qualifying.

Also for teams further down the list, understand that a high alliance captain cannot make any draft commitments to lower seed teams--you may be gone or you might not fit with the other team that they end up selecting. Just be aware of what a high seeded team may be looking for in particular and try to highlight that in a match. Even ask them before a certain match if you should demonstrate a certain task.