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Originally Posted by asid61
In what sort of a situation would a capture be the cause of seeding above? If they can play defense well enough to prevent a capture, that is a loss of a ranking point and a possible win for 8111's alliance, so from that perspective I wouldn't see a problem.
This particular reasoning I think is bad, if it's only to help 7222 seed above 9999, and not for ranking points or other benefits. I wouldn't participate in it, and I think it would fall under the sandbagging clauses in the manual (although you could argue it doesn't by making the point I made above).
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If the difference between 7222 and 9999 is 1 ranking point or less, it would definitely make the difference.
And in this situation, let's say 9999's alliance scores exactly 10 boulders on average, so a defender lowering that by even one boulder is the difference between a capture and not. 8111's alliance doesn't care about getting the capture because they are in no position to seed, but even if they tried to, it's not likely that they'd get the capture.
8111's friendship with 7222 is the cause for 8111 to believe helping 7222 would cause them to be more likely to win.
Another question- what if 7222 asked 8111 to pursue this strategy, because it's their only hope of seeding first. Is 7222 in the wrong for doing so?