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Re: How on Earth are spectators meant to easily discern who wins?
Note: I only got to watch the first seven or so matches before school started so what I write here is based entirely on those matches and the few matches I caught later in the day.
I have to agree that the scoring is difficult to keep up with. This was evidenced at least in the first few matches by the fact that the judges were about a match behind in the scoring.
I also have to agree that the penalties are excessive. In fact I noticed that a team could be more productive by playing defense than by trying hard to score. Teams that tried hard to score generally ended up incurring far more penalties than they scored points, thus ending up with a score of zero. If a team were to just score a tetra or two, then play a very safe defensive match they could generally win.
One thing I think we are going to see a lot of starting next weekend (maybe this weekend too) is teams doing something they know will incur a penalty, and knowing that they dont even have a chance to win the match, and venting their frustration on the field. While they certainly wont do anything drastic, I predict some intentional ramming and or flipping.
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