Here's a thought that I haven't completely thought through but it seems to have possibilities.
How about a format where you are randomly assigned a field, you compete for x matches (Thursday) and then separated by ranking and maybe each field is quartered up into different fields....i.e. top quarters from each field go to the same field.
Competition resumes and after x matches (Friday) then the field is re-quartered. Saturday, normal qualifying matches, alliance selections and playoffs to the big show.
Would this not result in the top Thursday teams from each division sorting out themselves on Friday and being redistributed to each field to result in a somewhat fair cross-section in each field? Perhaps the re-distribution each time should be counting off, 1, 2, 3, 4, in order of ranking to determine which field you move to?
I'm probably way off but it is late, I am tired and I can't quite stumble through it tonight. I will re-look at it in the morning.
