One more tiebreak proposal: simultaneous strikes.
Both teams submit four strike choices, ranked.
The hosts process both lists at the same time until we end up with three metas (if both of them strike the same meta at some point) or more likely, four unstruck metas. If there are four, the hosts randomly pick three of the four for tiebreaker.
Advantages:
Does not require a higher seed
Does not favor any one meta
In theory should end up with three competitive games
Disadvantages:
Teams may see their best players frozen out by strikes
Likely still requires RNG to go from 4 to 3
Both teams submit four strike choices, ranked.
The hosts process both lists at the same time until we end up with three metas (if both of them strike the same meta at some point) or more likely, four unstruck metas. If there are four, the hosts randomly pick three of the four for tiebreaker.
Advantages:
Does not require a higher seed
Does not favor any one meta
In theory should end up with three competitive games
Disadvantages:
Teams may see their best players frozen out by strikes
Likely still requires RNG to go from 4 to 3