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14 people were left after the previous round, and 'they just so happened to be' people from reputable backgrounds.
At this point, the organizers could deny it as much as they could, but nobody would believe them. They manipulated the draws; everybody with a functioning brain could tell that.
But then again, nobody's complaining. If the big names clashed in the preliminaries, the hype for the following rounds would die down, and that's not really good for the momentum and spirit of this tournament. That's why even if people knew, nobody insists on the right thing.
Well, there are a few, of course. Some people just don't get it. But they are drowned out by the excitement of the rest, so their voices aren't heard.
After the previous one, everybody was told that the semi-finals will continue tomorrow. The tournament was supposed to go on for three days, after all.
