[EricH]

Originally Posted by George A.

I think an interesting twist to this (that I don't think has been discussed yet) is what if you were the only one on the alliance for which the match counted and that your two partners were surrogates?

There are some instances where the teams don't break down neatly in the match schedule so there are some teams that play extra matches which don't affect their ranking.

So what if you wanted to "lose the battle to win the war" with absolutely NO negative impact on your partners?

Except that this is presumed to be right at the end of matches. Surrogate matches are #3 on your schedule if you have them.

In other words, not an applicable perspective.