Does everyone here understand why you might not want to knock down a tall opponent's stack?
TO GET A HIGHER QP
Thats how you seed high, by getting a HIGHER QP. Thats why you don't knock down your opponents stack: TO GET A HIGHER QP.
Just because they got more points then you doesn't mean it was neccissarily fixed. It is possible the teams involved decided they wanted to get more points from a loss then they normally do from a win. This game is setup such that leaving a stack alone is good for both sides. You get 2X your opponents score for a reason - FIRST doesn't want you to crush your opponent. Common sense says stacks should remain standing EVEN IF YOUR TEAM IS LOSING. The only time I would allow my team to think about knocking down an opponents stack is after they knock down ours.
Why on earth would you purposly lower your score by knocking down an opponents stack?
Tainted points? I would call them intelligence points
Greg
edit: whats more, if FIRST did make a rule against "fixing" the match, how could you ever hope to enforce such a rule? Would not knocking stacks over be considered illegal?