[Steve Kaneb]

I agree with those who pointed out 668. The Apes Of Wrath were just below our final partners on our scouting sheets, and I'm surprised they didn't make it to eliminations. They worked extremely well with us in the one match we had with them, they had no problems getting on our ramps, and we got 140 points.
I doubt I'd change our alliance selection (would you in our situation?), but I wonder why they didn't get picked.
It's always tough to scout effectively, and I feel that our exceptional scouting this year led directly to us being so effective in the eliminations. It's much tougher to scout with a small team, and the nonrandom match pairings don't represent teams well enough to go by rankings (987 especially comes to mind).

Overall, the teams that didn't make eliminations should still be very proud, especially if they are mentioned in this thread. Someone knew about you, and it's not necessarily your fault in this game that you weren't in a picking situation.
Hope to see you all next year. Maybe you'll be recognized more easily.