Not sure that'd be fatal, or worse than the current races. The reset after a calculated flood-to-force-a-round-closure might even bring a compensating external

Not sure that'd be fatal, or worse than the current races. The reset after a calculated flood-to-force-a-round-closure might even bring a compensating external benefit: a slight pause to digest the new information. It all depends on the specific mechanism design, including choices like whether a flood can be guaranteed to land in a certain round... or might wind up as 'first in' to a subsequent round.