[EricH]

Originally Posted by astro70

We watched the #7 and #8 seed alliances make it to the finals at Peachtree. It was very exciting to watch, but does this happen often?

Not often, but it does happen. Usually, #1 wallops #8 and #2 does the same to #7. If a #7 or #8 seed wins, everybody else knows to look out, because here comes a tough alliance. Or else they proceed to knock out whoever takes down #1 or #2. See Midwest this year, with 1114's early exit.

[geezer]Back in my day, the bottom half of the top 8 alliances had almost no chance whatsoever. Then they came out with this weird serpentine pick that made it a little more common.[/geezer]

As a matter of fact, the 2007 world champions were a #8 alliance in their own division.