SMC1809 wrote:

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I find it odd that seeds 1-4 are kept apart but the placing of the remaining seeds is left to chance. It would make more sense that the 8th seed is put in the same quarter as the top seed, 7th with 2nd, 6th with 3rd and 5th with 4th.

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Personally, I'm fine with it.

I guess, certainly with 4 qualifiers, it mirrors what happens in a main draw, where the top 4 seeds are kept apart and seeds 5 to 8 are randomly drawn into the same quarter as any of seeds 1 to 4.

I think the principle in all qualifying that where there are x qualifying positions, the top x seeds are kept apart and the other x seeds are seeded to the FQR where they are placed randomly into the same section as any of the top x seeds, is fine.

I wouldn't hugely object to the more ordered way you suggest, but I don't find the current arrangements odd or have any real issues with them.

Effectively seed in batches, but allow some randomness rather than seek over-organisation in the pursuit of some more absolute fairness, works for me.