[Liu346]

After experiencing many different alliance drafts I have found why the picks are often strange and/or out of order. For many teams their picks are all precalculated and when it comes to actually selection a team the predicted scenarios do not always pan out. This is very difficult to change on the fly and most teams just go with who they were going to select anyways. Another crucial part of teams picking either deep of out of order is compatibility. This aspect might not be seen easily from the stands but when interacting with other teams it is everything. When these scenarios occur teams will pick strange picks in order to make there alliance strong as a team instead of three separate units. Yes, teams will make incorrect choices but being behind that mic is very intimidating and puts a lot of pressure on high school students. But in most cases I always assume there is a greater plan and that no alliance is to be taken easily.