[Rick]

If any team would like to give out points, by all means go ahead.

Many teams have discussed this strategy and it is very controversal. I believe all teams should play thier game to the fullest. If you are beating an alliance with a comfortable margin, keep scoring and playing your game. The scouts are in the stands watching you at each competition. I would have doubts about any team that let up on the competiton. Every point that we score, has to first go through the machine that our team spent 6 weeks of hard work on.

One match many years ago during an offseason event, one of our partners yelled at the end of the match for our team to get in the other allinaces home zone. We ended up losing the match by a small margin and that created confusion and lack of trust for other teams.

My bottom line: Play your match, not your oppenents. Because when those penalties add up or the calculations are not right, you lose matches. If you are a great offensive machine, you will be picked by a high ranking team or rank high yourself.