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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
Honestly, I don't see why you would start throwing noodles early. In this year's points setup, it doesn't help you to pull the other alliance down (game pieces from the step that you score excepted). Assuming that you can throw a noodle in 2 seconds, it is best to wait until about 45 seconds before the end of the match, and throw all of it then, leaving a minimum amount of time for the other alliance to process it. (Not that it's likely anyway, at 1 point.)
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It does help to pull the opposing alliance down. Yes you may not be competing directly against them match wise but ranking wise you are. If you were to play 10 matches for example, an accurate human player can make a match difficult for potentially 30 teams and bring their ranking down. Especially if you were playing against a team your fighting for ranking position against and knew they could do coopertition noodles or not, it is advantageous to throw them very early on.