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Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak
My point is that update 16 will not stop the weaker alliance from creating a 6v0 situation, it won't stop the stronger alliance to score for their opponents to raise their own seeding score/cooperation bonus even more. after all. I thought that was the issue that everyone was struggling with. "scoring points for your opponent". We already knew that part of the system was flawed.
It's great what the GDC has done with G46 and the principle of the 5 point bonus, but the process in which they have enforced the rule change. This change is totally unfair to teams who participated in Week 1 events. In a ideal world the GDC would have announced this change, but would not implement it until the Championship Event. That would give people a even playing field during their respective Regional competitions.
Of course life isn't fair, and neither is anything in it. So i guess we just have to live with it.
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While I see the possibility of what you say I do not think it will happen much or if at all. In all the years we have had a team in this competition I never seen our team go into a much 'knowing they will lose or thinking they do not have a chance. So much can happen in a match I truely believe every team goes into a match will their alliance thinking they could win. Sure there are matches where we know the odds are not in our favor but everyone has seen upset matches numerous times. I can think of many times where we beat alliances that clearly out ranked the alliance we were on. Those are the matches you want to see at the end of the day because those are the oppurtunities to leap frog past other teams.
Along with this I am sure everyone that has been in a regional can point to a match that they were sure they would win prior to the match and then ended up losing.
I am not actually criticizing your comments and I understand the logic behind them. But, all of the teams are filled with overachievers I dont think the 'lose big' mind set will be there now that there is a 5 point incentive to win. A team that is low in the ranking will need those 5 points also.