"Strategic" Alliance selection

[JackN]

When I am picking I try to get a feel for what everyone in the top 8 is thinking. At MSC when I was helping out team 70, we talked to 1918, 33, and 573 (all seeded ahead of us) to figure out what they were thinking for their selections. This allowed us to run through plans on who we would pick in both rounds so we can always be prepared for any situation that arises (even though we were prepared, we still were shocked having 910 available for our first pick).

Having a high seed allows you to ask any team you want even if someone below you wants to pick someone else. I have only heard of this happening once and it was a really unique situation.

If someone asked me to not pick a team, I would either ignore it or take it as a joke.