A brief moment later, all of the participants had ugly faces. Initially, they thought that a seeded participant wouldn’t affect them if they weren’t intending on getting into the top three. But with four seeded participants making it into the top ten, nearly half of the spots were gone.

“The rules are pretty brutal since half of the participants will be eliminated in the second round.”

“Not only that, the seven elites will fight for the seeded positions. They can’t ...