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Originally Posted by Sgraff_SRHS06
But that does not stop the higher seeds from doing their most vicious weapon--consolidate with other members of the Top-8 to get an advantage. At Chesapeakes, consolidation madness was everywhere. When 1629 got together with 175 (the #4-ranked team) and 181 (Birds of Prey) combined with 888 (the #5-ranked team) in the alliances, they were unbeatable (even though we (the #7 ranked team) combined with 614 to form the #4 alliance). If consolidation between the top-8 were not allowed to happen (like there would be a rule stating that the top-8 could not select each other), then the serpentine-selection rule would make the matches much more even.
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This is certainly true in the regional competitions and the smaller the regional the more true it will be. However, I believe that at big regionals like GTR and in the Divisions at the Championship Event the new system will work very well and you will see much less domination by the #1 seed teams even with the ability of #1 seed to pick with-in the top 8.
In summary; I like the current system.
Matt B.