if you pick shopper you can use up one of his rope picks.
e.g.
dibz picks ttrr and wins
I pick shopper and win
dibz pick roper and wins (now no more rope picks allowed and 2-1 to dibz.. but)
I start picking my best schemes, elite, bng, t17. I pick bng and win.
dibz has to pick from hysteria, aerial, elite, t17, inter. All schemes i can beat him against - to determine who gets 3-2.
Also if you want to get first pick in playoffs, play more and win more games