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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
I don't know why they put in an anti-scoring for opponents rule this year. Some years it is legal. It was added in Team Update 4 this year, but I think that was only to clarify that you couldn't score for an opponent, even if you could do it without entering their ZONE.
In the ranking system, there is a benefit for having scores as close together as possible. There is no benefit in scoring a blowout.
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Maybe the GDC didn't like seeing scoring for the other alliance to help your alliance's ranking score.
In scoring a blowout you have to remember that others teams will be scouting. It doesn't matter what your seed is if everyone knows how capable your team's robot is. It is always desirable to pick your own alliance but I am firm in the belief a good robot and drive team will bring forth fruit. Someone on Chief Delphi posted their assessment that this year, two good robots can beat 3 average robots. I believe in this because of the nature of the challenge requiring speed and well designed scoring mechanisms. Having good minibots helps close the gap also.