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Re: To Co-Op or not to Co-Op

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
I completely fail to see the advantage to not co-oping.

Scenario 1: You win the match and co-op. You: 4 pts, Them: 2 pts, two-point adavantage to you.

Scenario 2: You win the match but do not co-op. You: 2 pts, Them: 0 pts, two-point advantage to you.

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The only time I could see refusing to co-op as a good strategy is if all teams on your alliance will NOT be captain (all ranked below 15 with no hope of getting to 15) AND there is a strong chance of highly ranked captains not on the opposing alliance choosing one or more of the teams on your alliance. Even then, some may view this practice as shady.
This.

I was thinking it would potentially be advantageous to you to avoid co-oping if you were a high seed and guaranteed to not go down in the rankings, and you wanted to keep one of your opponents out of a high seed so they would be more likely to accept your pick, if you take that team. But again, this is a bit of a sleight to your opponent.

I think what some of the earlier posters were trying to say if that you should ensure the win for your alliance, thus giving you the 2-0 QP advantage, rather than sacrificing points and risking the win to co-op, and possibly ending with your loss and a 4-2 QP disadvantage. As it was stated, however, that's not exactly how it sounded.
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