9th Seed not Getting Picked for Elims?

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Originally Posted by jijiglobe

Did people deliberately not interpick within the top 8 to leave them out? As far as I can tell it wouldn't be very GP but it seems possible. Just wondering... I have heard of teams picking someone they know will reject them just to stop them from forming an alliance with someone else...

Originally Posted by pfreivald

I don't believe so. Based on our scouting, we didn't anticipate any of the other alliance captains picking each other even before 610 declined.

Even if it was the case, if 610 declined from 9th and the captains realized they would have a better shot at winning without 610 in the eliminations, it's just effective strategy. Nothing to do with "GP". Basically the exact same rationale as a "scorched earth" strategy.