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Originally Posted by MisterG
Voluntarily choosing weak defenses seem to violate the spirit of this rule if not the letter.
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I think the manual is clear with the intent of the rule. See the blue box under T8: "FIRST considers the action of a Team influencing another Team to throw a MATCH, to deliberately miss Ranking Points, etc. incompatible with FIRST values and not a strategy any team should employ"
The blue box doesn't say playing below ones abilities is against FIRST values, but the
action of influencing another team to do so.
It is a subtle, but significant difference in my opinion. If playing below one's abilities was against FIRST values, then I'd argue teams that switch drive teams throughout an event, test out a new feature that probably won't work in a match or showcase specific abilities for alliance selection are in violation of T8 since they are not giving 100% to win that specific match.