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Originally Posted by abinkow
3) I'm on a losing alliance, and I have balls coming into the corral with about 30 seconds to go. What is my best strategy? I HOLD THE BALLS and take intentional penalties. I'm going to lose anyway, and this improves my proportional score vs. the opposite team.
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Breakaway Rules Section 9.3.5:
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All teams on the winning ALLIANCE will receive a coopertition bonus: a number of seeding points equal to twice the un-penalized score (the score without any assessed penalties) of the losing ALLIANCE.
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So earning penalties would not affect the winning alliance's seeding score for the game.
If you are losing, then scoring a goal for the other alliance gives all six teams on both alliances 1 more seeding point, which improves their seeding scores over the teams that are not in that match. So, this strategy of hoarding balls in your alliance station is not necessarily a good idea. (Unless you think that there is no chance for a goal to be scored for the other alliance.)