Shawn Lim's post gave me an error message I haven't seen before on Chief Delphi. You cannot give reputation to the same post twice.
Shawn, you have nothing to be ashamed of with that strategy, nor was it "un-GP." I'm sure a number of other teams had the same strategy tucked away somewhere in their playbook (I for one did).
Early in qualification matches at the Washington DC regional I spoke to my drive coach about using that exact method if we ended up against a combination of machines
(*cough 45 and 234 cough*) that clearly outclassed our alliance. Upon seeing that exact match-up in the semi-finals, we knew it would not work in that particular situation (the #1 alliance did not rely on super cells, though they did incorporate them into their strategy), especially after being plastered in the first match when they were already carrying in a G14 penalty (also, the strategy doesn't work in match 2 if you're already down 1-0
).
You should never be ashamed of trying to harness the game dynamics to your advantage.
It's unfortunate what happened in the finals, but unfortunate things happen in life. I guarantee you that 2056, 1114, and 2185 didn't wish to win in such a "controversial" fashion, but their achievement should not be reduced because of it.