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Originally Posted by DDAwg3
I don't have a problem with serpentine style, however I have always despised the top eight teams from being able to pick each other.
If they were not able to pick each other I would go 1 thru 8 each time through.
When was the last time HP, Gateway and Dell teamed up together and went against Apple, Acer and Compaq ?
the answer is never they all had to find new young un-proven talent to become or maintain winning formula.
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Get rid of that, though, and then the top couple teams have a huge incentive to throw their last couple of matches. Besides, the serpentine system evens out this factor, because each alliance captain can only pick one top 8 team.