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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Any team that tries to collude for ties won't meet success this year.
First, the kind of teams that game Ranking Points by intentionally going "Hey, let's make a match 10-10, then BOTH STOP" aren't the most honest teams around. I'm unfortunately willing to bet at least one team will set something like that up, then backstab the alliance they colluded with.
Secondly, both alliances need to keep track of every penalty and counteract them. These penalties then need to not be overturned after the match. Both the number of penalties and the chance for review make forcing ties unreliable.
These two together makes me think predetermined matches won't be a feasible strategy this year.
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First off, where did I say STOP? I said shoot for a tie.
Next, Even if a tie doesn't happen, high scoreing close matches will yield the highest number of seeding points ... and thus help each team accordingly.
If you read the last line of my post, the Nash Equilibrium will force a team that is 'on the bubble' to change it's strategy and want to win for the bonus coopertition seeding points.
Seems to me like the closer we get to the elimination rounds, the less we'll see any collusion ... Hmmm, didn't I say that before
