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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
OK... another idea on alliance selection, as opposed to the boring 1-8,1-8 and the serpentine draft:
1st round: 1-8, just like teams do now
2nd round: Teams draw draft order numbers out of a hat: it could be 5,8,2,3,7,1,4,6
yada yada
Andy B.
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You could draw the alliance draft from the hat like the NBA.
Top qualification seed has 8 chances in the hat, 2nd seed has 7 chances, 3rd = 6 chances, etc.
Then as the numbers are pulled from the hat for the draft order, the alliance seeds are set. i.e., the first number pulled becomes the first alliance, 2nd number becomes alliance 2, etc. (The 8th quals seed has a 1 in 36 chance to become the top playoff alliance.)
To further increase randomness, if the 2nd alliance captain picks the 4th alliance captain, the remaining alliances (5 through 8) do not "move up", but the 9th quals seed replaces the missing captain at the 4th playoff spot. (Yes, the 9th seed will be picking before the other remaining seeds, in this instance.)
This could really throw a monkey wrench into many teams scouting. It will be hilarious to watch them scramble.
Is this radical enough, Dave?