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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
I perceive it as a clever attempt to help make the rankings at the end of relatively few matches better represent the performance of the robots.
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I think this is the most interesting description of <G14> that I've heard yet. In essence, what you are saying is that it should penalize the teams that are "riding the wave", so to speak, with good partners. A team that can put up enough points to double (or triple) their opponents' scores will be largely unaffected, but the teams that they're paired with will get a larger impact. Some may say that is unfair to the partner teams, but it might indeed help to have the rankings better represent individual performance.
That being said, I think this effect may be rather small, but it's certainly an interesting way to look at things.