[meaubry]

Jessica,
Seems to me that the same set up was used at Detroit, At first our competitive assessment team thought that there was some kind of mistake made, but we were told "no mistake was made". Now that everyone knows what the set up is, I hope first randomizes the alliances for the first 4 matches instead of using the practice alliances. I don't much care if they use the alliance partner switch to opponent as it will help them when it comes to creating the random number generator rules used to assign alliances. My bigger concern is that it becomes so predictable that the strategies begin to impact how the matches are played (particularly if seeding position is potentially jeopardized).