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Re: Coopertition - Not As Easy As It Looks!
First of all, Mr.Lim those are some tremendous points and have clearly raised huge controversy so the GDC should most definitely revisit them.
To address the point of "Why should I hurt my own ranking" well that's a matter of how you see the regional playing out. If you can only see that you are an alliance captain and want to seed as high as possible you would always cooperate. However the interesting situation when a team in in a regional where the remaining matches even with 4 QS each match only results in the highest seed of 2 or 3, and where the first seed can from a "powerhouse alliance" things change. By NOT cooperating in the remaining matches you hurt your own "ranking" but in the process allow for certain teams to drop low enough to change the course of alliance selection in the favour of just your team or maybe even a few other at the regional.
Of course now the argument is the "don't play to make a team lose, but to make your team win." But my rebuttal is that the 6v0 in past years is similar, because you would be requiring at least 1 or 2 teams involved to not play for themselves, and thus not benefit their own ranking.
In my opinion, the reason this years strategy seems much less GP than previous years just because the CP is just a much more defensive game. In previous game the decision for a team to "score" for another team was still "positive display for getting picked." This year the ability to affect the rankings relies on both using the CP and preventing them which comes across as a much more negative display of game-play.
Ultimately its the opinions of those who feel that the strategy was useful, versus that of those who see no place for it. This discussion may last forever but I am not so sure that a red card is making it easier for any teams to do well at a regional where inferior robots who lose a lot of matches can place high enough even with the CP bonus.
*NOTE: The opinions expressed in my post are of my own, and in no way express the opinions of my team or any other members associated with FRC TEAM 188 in any way. Its just what I feel, and should not be attached to any judgement of my team.*
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