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Originally Posted by waialua359
Our arm broke in attempting to score in the finals match in NJ which would have made the score from 132 to 16 in that respective row for our opponent. Had that been on, I think we would have won. In match #1, they scored all 8, we put on a spoiler and our teammate was supposed to put on a spoiler on the other side of the rack. Their arm broke also. Our 3rd partner had no arm the entire playoffs and just played defense.
For team 25 to come up to us and say it was pretty scary and that they almost lost says a lot. When spectators only look at the final score, it doesnt tell the whole story. Its what really happened until the end. This game is an exponential scoring game which can dramatically change in an instant with a spoiler. I cant confirm this, but 3 spoilers were put on the entire NJ regional. We were involved in ALL of them whether we did it or it was done to us, I think. We knew to focus on the bottom and lower rows since their alliance partners did only those rows and not the top. Now, I know the end result was that we lost, but all I'm saying is that it just depends and scores dont tell the whole story. Our strategy proved effective against the #2 and #3 seeded teams, who IMO, were awesome scorers!
My point: DEFENSE is important, STRATEGY is important, AWESOME scorers can be stopped, enough to win, and bonus point scoring is high with up to 60 points maximum. Just my opinion compared to last year's game. Team 25 is the exception that we saw, plain and simple.
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I have watched all of 25s elimination matches on TBA, and I was not only referring to the finals, but it did prove true again there. If you go back to score the bonus points, it leaves the spoiler you just placed open, and capable of being removed by the opposing alliance. If you stay to defend it, you're not getting the bonus points. It's a choice you have to make. Granted, 25 can't remove spoilers (to the best of my knowledge), but 103 probably could (and maybe 1302 as well).
25 is not the only exception, nor do they always rise above the defense. When a strong defensive presence was constantly against them, they could be limited to only a few ringers (look at match 1). Regardless, that is still a much better result than what you see with many other teams that have encountered defense, but it is not perfect. 148 is much of the same. They can score a few while being defended, but they can take it to another stratosphere when left alone. 148 also has the ability to play some nasty defense if needed.