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Intentionally Losing Matches
I have been thinking of this for a while, and I want to see the chiefdelphi perspective of this.

Consider this case:
Your team has a decent lapbot in a shallow field, and one qualification match left to compete in. If you win the next match, you are guarenteed to be the 8th alliance captain, but you would be facing a superalliance of 1114, 217, xxxx (clearly an exageration), which you could never beat no-matter who you selected.
If you were to intentionally forfeit the next qualification match by not showing up and not sending a representative from your team, you would be definitely outside of the alliance captain selections, and would likely be selected by the number 1 or 2 or 3 alliance (2nd pick) making it to the finals or possibly winning.

Do you think it is un-gp to not show up for a match intentionally and possibly affect your alliance at that qualification match. Note, this is different from coming onto the field and losing by driving clockwise the entire match.


DISCLAIMER: I in no way support this strategy. Please don't misinterpret this post as intent to use this strategy myself or for my team. This has not been done by any team I know, and is purely hypothetical.
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