[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by RogerR

but how would the score look if Bluabot played defense and blocked Redabot from scoring any tetras instead of trying to keep up with Redabot. instead of being at a six point (at least!) deficit, blaubot and redabot would break even. blaubot could conceivably cancel out a much higher scoring opponent without ever touching a tetra.

Bluabot won't be able to completely stop redabot from scoring. There are just way too many goals to try and defend.
The rules, also, lean toward offense, with the rules about the loading zones and de-scoring.