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Re: My case against <G14>

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Originally Posted by cgredalertcc View Post
I agree. <G14> is, in my opinion, not in the spirit of FIRST. When has the game not encouraged us to do the best we possibly can? Also there is a possibility of double penalizing a losing team. Think about this teams 1,2,3 play teams 4,5,6 and the 1,2,3 alliance triples the score of the other alliance. Then the following match the alliance 1,2,6 exists: team 6 has just been PENALIZED for LOSING, because two of their partners are out 2 game pieces. Then we consider the possibility of that alliance losing and the additional consequences there. There are too many possible negative ramifications of this rule.

The 0 score argument is interesting as well. What if an alliance has 12 points and you have 20, but they were penalized twice during the match. Their score is now 0 and yours is 20 and that sucks, because you've tripled their score with 20 points
They should decide if the score is doubled before penalties come into play, because the people in the players station are paying attention to the field and not necessarily if the referee is waving his flag.

If your opponent scores 0 points it is impossible to win the match without losing both empty cells or super cells in the next match.
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