Does the game reward teamwork, well, sure.
Does this game reward teamwork the right way, not at all.
Does this game punish teamwork, definitely.
This game rewards teamwork the wrong way by forcing it with assists, everyone touching the ball is good but only because the rules say so. Good teamwork is not forced on teams by the rules but rather something teams will choose to do because it means they perform better. To be fair there are ways this game rewards teamwork the right way, for example 2 ball auton and a goalie. However for the vast majority of the game, and especially in qualification matches where you don't get to pick which robots you play with, teamwork is often punished.
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Originally Posted by nuggetsyl
They made a game where teams never get the opportunity to shoot the ball because they are not the fastest or most accurate.
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Giving robots who are anything but perfectly reliable the ball is a huge liability and that hurts teamwork. This game punishes an alliance for giving the little guy a chance because that little guy might get pinned, or not be able to eject the ball and the alliance is dead in the water. This game punishes teams for trying to play the game because if they fail they don't just hurt themselves but their entire alliance. Auton is a perfect example, sometimes it's very necessary to ask an alliance partner not to start with a ball in auton because they might miss, and missed auton hurts the entire alliance.
tl;dr Teamwork that is only a good idea because the rules explicitly say so is mediocre at best. A game where it's better for the alliance for a team to do nothing rather than try and play the game punishes, not rewards, teamwork.