[Bill_B]

When returning balls, especially in the last seconds, the HPs and everyone else needs to consider what could happen to the returned ball. If all your alliance 'bots are suspended or not in the midfield for some reason, the other side could score that ball. If you're leading the match, you might WANT them to score to get a higher seeding score (if you're in Q-round). If all opponents are elevated/suspended AND you're ahead, keep it. If you're behind by more than one and have no prospect of scoring it, keep it. If you could tie or win by scoring that ball, you can't get it onto the midfield soon enough! Of course, things are slightly different for the Eliminations.

Who wants to make a chart or decision table? Who'd like to see one?