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Question: if someone is "chosen" for the captain pool, can they decline and request to be placed in the second pool in advance?

Kostya, don't worry – you're not likely to be chosen for the top pool. Regarding the draft, Moza had the opposite idea – that the captains should be mid-lane players with a rating over 100,500, and there would be no need to hold any votes to determine them (you could just spin a roulette wheel). Perhaps it would be worth trying this in the future.