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Re: <G14> Shenanigans?

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
This rule must be modified, or preferably removed completely. I have several reasons for this, but one stands above the rest.
Others have alluded or briefly mentioned this, but I'm goin to spell it out clearly and focus on it.

It penelizes teams that have nothing to do with the matter.

Team A is paired with Team B. Team B tripled their opponents score last match. Now Team A must compete in a match with 2 less super cells because of Team B's actions.

Tell me how that is fair. Team A could have even been the alliance who had their score tripled by Team B in the previous match (given how "random" the pairing algorithm has been the past few years).

This rule has many flaws that must be fixed. So many it's probably easier just to remove it and move on.
I personally think it is the whole alliances responsibility to agree if they want to risk losing a match by boosting the opposing team's score to gain a higher ranking score versus going all out (thus possibly losing the chance to use their super cell the following match). It is a calculated risk the alliance must take. If each team sees that their following match is up against a pretty good alliance, they need to voice their opinion.

What teams really should do (in the spirit of GP) is to send one team representative to alert their following match alliance of the possibility of losing a super cell and perhaps asking if the strategy for that up coming match is dependent on the super cell.
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