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Re: IRI - 2015 Rule Modification Ideas?

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
More than anything else in this game, the biggest problem with it in my opinion is how the elims structure leaves no margin for error.

In the quarters and semi-finals, drop the lowest score from each average calculation. So, best match in quarters counts, best two in semis counts. There's some cool benefits to not having win / loss / tie before the finals, and this doesn't get rid of those, but it does get rid of the one-mistake-and-you're-out nature of elims.
By dropping the "bad match" you're just penalizing the alliances that did better than you did. Adjusting your strategy for eliminations is important. If your alliance is pushing too hard and making mistakes and scores 45 in match 1 and 195 in match 2, the alliance that creates a more consistent strategy and scores 130 and 128 shouldn't be penalized.

Why shouldn't the alliance that is the most consistent advance? Strategy is what wins and loses events.
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