Frank Answers Fridays - Expanded Championship

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Originally Posted by Steven Donow

Allow wildcard slots to pass down to a pecking order something like this:
1. Finalist captain
2. Finalist first pick
3. Semifinalist defeated by the winner captain
4. Semifinalist defeated by the winner first pick
5. Finalist second pick
6. Semifinalist defeated by finalist captain

Without a match between the two semifinalist alliances, the distinction is less than clear, but I'd argue that the semifinalist captain that lost to the finalist "deserves" to go to CMP more than the captain that lost to the winner. They were seeded higher (or beat higher seeded teams) to make it to the semi-finals vs the #2 alliance, whereas the alliance that plays the winning alliance is usually the #4 alliance.

On the other hand, I do agree about the finalist second pick being lower ranked. Usually (no, not always), the captain of the #3 (or #6) alliance is a better team than the third pick of the finalist alliance..