[EFastring]

At the Bayou Regional there are a ton of non working and no-show robots. I would guess the average match after day 1 had 3.5 driving robots. This leads to a "ton" of X-0 final scores.

The way the standings work, if you score 0 points, the worst you can do is tie your opponent in the standings, unless they had any penalties in the match, in which case you get more standings points than them, by ... losing the match.

A few tidbits:
If it is very likely you are going to lose the match, score goals for your opponent, it will help your standings (scoring on your own goal and losing will not help your standings).
If it is very likely you are going to win the match, score goals for your opponent, it will help your standings (just make sure you still have enough points after penalties to win).
If you are worried about your standings in relation to your opponent, score only in your opponents goals and you will at worst stay even with them in the standings, and at best (if they have penalties) you will move ahead.


Beginning to see a theme here?

If you haven't guessed yet, I really don't like this scoring system. I'm not a big fan of a game whose rules promotes intentionally tanking matches.