Right. I'm viewing it as practice, since this is first-time PbP for me - and plain old fun. I absolutely don't want to convey any expectations about our selection. BTW, Nightskies, thanks for the PM clarification on team feats. At 2nd level, truly, it's not much of an issue, but if we were starting at 10th, then it's good to know the proper order: selection, backstory tie, THEN team feat coordination.
Hmm...this brings me to a thought about my Tactician build. Tacticians are good for teamwork feats, which are most useful if someone else is picking the same ones as I am. However, designing two characters under the assumption that both will be picked is an imposition on the GM. So would it be possible to do some build optimization in concert with another character after the selection is made? Or is it expected that we have a complete, ready-to-run character sheet at the time of selection? A bit of a chicken-egg problem.
Going with the first set, one of my 13's becomes a 16. Plus ten point buy: 16(+3)=17, 14(+2)(+3)=16, 13(+2)=14. My elementary school math teacher is crying somewhere. Now we've got:
17, 16, 14, 12, 11, 11.