As stated earlier, the penalties are so drastic in "size" that it really puts a damper on your scouting techniques. An excellent team could be paired up in as little as three matches, where they are hit with one 30 point penalty in each, and loose all three matches, and therefore fall in overall rankings. When the game was originally designed, I don't think it was realized that the scores would be on an average of 40 points on the high side, and 20 points on the low side per match. If the first week regionals high scores of 70 points on the low side, to 90 points on the high end of the scale become our average for scoring over the next week, then this could self-correct the scoring situation. However, with the penalties being as high as 30, and the scores so low, we can all just be grateful that scores aren't negated in this years competition.
