[namad]

the flaw in a solved system is that players can change their lists in order to exploit the formula and increase their chances of getting that one nation they really really want... if you were to use a solved system the lists would have to be kept totally confidential... additionally with only two players (two teams) in the game there is no reason at all for something like this... the forming of the list itself became a game in which players attempted to take into account what they thought the other player's list would be....

the system we used ended up being almost entirely optimal we left the team that picked first the vets get pick1 and4 but gave the other team pick2and3 and then alternated throughout