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Originally Posted by DareDad
Of course if you don't try for the breach, you are sure to be out of the top 10.
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True, but if it's late in the first day/early in the second day a lot of teams already know (or at least think they know) that they won't be top 10.
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Originally Posted by anishde
It's just not wise to avoid trying to improve your rank. Remember, you earn 5 points for crossing defenses the first two times you cross them. Therefore, it just comes down to common sense that earning 5 points from the batter isn't worth as much as earning 5 points for crossing the 4th defense AND earning one RP, assuming that you have the capabilities to do so.
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I'm not claiming that not caring about rank is wise. I'm claiming that it is what teams do. If it's the end of the match I think a lot of teams will try and get easy challenge points instead of risking a more difficult defense (there is a reason this defense wasn't crossed earlier, it's hard to do!).
I've attached an example of co-op points from week 3 last year. The numbers in the 'co-op' column are the average co-op points scored each match at each event. It's pretty clear that, at least in week 3 of 2015, Regional teams cared less about their rank than District Teams.