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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
If you cooperate with them this time, and they win/cooperate their next match, they will pass you in the rankings. If you don't cooperate with them, then there's a chance they won't pass you up, and you'll remain the leader.
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I dont think this makes sense; there will be no difference between you and the other team if you coop or not coop as stated above by Taylor
I see a situation where this can be advantageous. Consider the following:
You are ranked high, somewhere in the top 8 and you are separated from the teams around you by a few qualification points thus, the extra coop points wont make any difference in your rankings. The team who you are against is the best team at an event. They are currently somewhere around 4th at the event. If you coop with them, they will be bumped into 2nd seed. You may not want them at the 2nd seed position because you want to keep apart an alliance between 2 powerhouses. If you beat them, and you know you can, then they will drop to somewhere like 5th or 6th from where it would be hard to build a powerhouse alliance.
This strategy is VERY particular, and I can only see a few teams employing it. I also do not support it at all, because I feel like doing this is a disservice to your alliance partners who may be positively affected by a coop balance. You would be denying them that opportunity.