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Originally Posted by Leav
My simple answer to this complicated question: if you were on Team C, how would you feel about Team B throwing the match?
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I think this is the bottom line. If team B could throw the match to improve their overall chances of success (lose the battle to win the war, shall we say) without harming or betraying the trust of another team, then I would be willing to accept that this is a legitimate strategy.
The catch is that the premise of the qualifying rounds is that the teams with which you have been randomly allied will work with you in order to win the match.
The issue here is not whether "throwing the match" is right or wrong, but whether betraying your alliance partners is right or wrong. Kind of makes it a simple choice, doesn't it?
Jason