I prefer the old way. It makes way more sense to say to a PNM "Hey, you got invites to all 10, but you can only go to 7. Which ones do you want to cut?" than to allow them to rank and think they are cutting when they're not.
There are many, many, many reasons why the new way is better. PNM confusion is pretty minor as compared to how it used to go.
Hybrid Mode
