Re: Smart team vs. Good Team
 

This is a really tough question because it is such a huge gray area. However, if I were to have to put money on one team, I would pick the "smart" team over the "good" team. I don't know about elsewhere because I haven't been able to livestream as many events as I would have liked, but at least in New England this season there have been several occurrences of the underdog coming up and winning against the traditionally "good" team.
Not to say that the "good" teams don't always know the rules. Clearly, everyone studies the rules as hard as they can because without a good foundation knowledge of the game you have nothing to go on and will definitely not do well. But when it comes down to it, the team that knows the rules better and has a more developed, solid strategy has a chance of coming out on top every time.
Reason number 1000001 to read the manual as soon as it's out and keep yourself updated.