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Unread 16-03-2003, 23:47
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With or without the deal the competition is there.

WIth the deal the scores can get high, and certain bots play a important role. Think about rampdoms with this deal. Ouch. My personally deal I would offer teams a general agreement for both teams to avoid knocking stacks of 4 or less over. It is an advantage for both teams. Instead of losing with low point scores, you could get as many a 118 QP's. From the match scores I've seen, that's a nice score. The competition for boxes and for the ramp is still there. Anyway, since few teams have attempted to stack why should we unstack to win. Many people have failed to look at the whole picture. Yes a team who works hard and attack the others stacks and wins a lot of matches, may score low why a team who wins with a deal make it farther. The low scoring team made a strategy choice that was bad in the end. Cooperation is not against FIRST spirit, a general strategy which improve point scoring but not take away from the competitive nature of the game isn't bad.

Although I'm only a human player (PLEASE LEAVE MY STACKS) I will urge that my driver don't attack opponents stacks if all possible. THis is still within the bounds of competition. I can't gurantee another team as to incidental knocking over. But when their stacks goes down, our is now a target. For those of you who are purely competitive, is this not competition still? Maneuvering to score as many as possible but making split second choice when it comes down to the line.

I see deal-making as a valid strategy and one that may affect many future matches.