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Originally Posted by griff549
may i point out that one of the morals of first is sportsmanship and humaliating a allaince so you can have a high score is not showing good sportsmanship if u ask me. this wasnt even against my allaince and i still think it is rediclious. did they really need to score over 200 points to win they could have stoped after 100 and would have won. so to back up my mentor this is not a rediclious statement at all if you think about it.
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While this wasn't clear from the initial photo, it should be noted that this was in an
elimination match. QPs and RPs and other niceties* clocked out before lunch; at this point, the sole objective of each alliance is to score more points than their opponents within the bounds of the rules.
But, since the matter has been brought up, let's examine what would happen if the advice were followed not to aim for a drink of Eighterade because doing your best is "not showing good sportsmanship." Let's just say that the alliance hung one ringer, drove up the ramps, and sat there for a minute and a half. What aspect of the remaining 90 seconds of minimal game action for this particular match is particularly inspiring? What aspect of this 90 seconds is going to help FIRST gain more exposure? What aspect of this 90 seconds is going to have the five-year-old kid sitting in the stands jumping up and down, waiting for the day that he's able to get working on one of these things?
Getting whooped in a match may sting, but the converse is the far worse fate.