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Originally Posted by CalTran
I think all this shows is that clearly the lower seeded captains didn't have great scouting. There's not much you can do on your end should this be the case.
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Sadly this is true. After an experience few years ago watching a 2nd year team fumble through it's first experience as an alliance captain, I now go around and check with the newer teams that might be alliance captains. At SVR I informed one team on Sat morning that they might be a captain and they were shocked. Fortunately they had a mentor team they could get scouting data from (and had a pretty good alliance.) I'll work with those teams to help them develop a pick list if they're unprepared.
So my suggestion is that if you're just trying to get onto an alliance (which is an accomplishment in itself), you might approach those younger teams about sharing your scouting data if you think that you might be a first pick for them (or a 2nd pick of the 8th or 7th alliance).
To be honest you're not going to influence the draft lists for the first 2 to 5 captains by talking to them. They'll rely on their own info sources.