[Chris Fultz]

Originally Posted by kborer22

i agree that it was weird that they went back to old school FRC for the alliance selections, but in the rules is says that the order that the teams pick will be repeated for the second alliance partner, while not quite understanding it, they did it right, and apparently other regionals have done it wrong.....

The rules state that the process will be repeated except that it will be in reverse order.
From the Tournament Book, page 6 of 11

9.4.1

Round 2: The same method is used for each ALLIANCE CAPTAIN'S second choice except the selection order is recersed, with Alliance Eight picking first and Alliance One picking last.