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Re: Curie 2010!
I'm going to draw a comparison here to something that happened in Finals at GTR 2009.
1114/2056/2185 had just been upset by 188/610/1305 in Finals 1. 610's shooter was broken, and a timeout called. Stuff happened, and 610's shooter was still broken. At the end of the timeout, 188 did not make it back to the field in time, and it was ruled that Finals 2 would be played without 188 on the field. 188's field coach very quickly came up with (IMO) a brilliant strategy. They began to score on themselves. I noticed this from the stands literally seconds into the match, and immediately picked up on what they were doing. They determined that they would not stand a chance up against 1114/2056/2185 playing 3 on 2, so they decided to try and force the double G14 to remove all of the super cells that the red alliance would have access to for Finals 3. In the end, the red alliance picked up on what was happening, and only took a single G14. The red alliance then went on to win the regional in Finals 3 by a margin of 7 points, scoring one of the super cells they would not have had if the strategy used in Finals 2 had been fully successful.
Was this un-GP? I don't think so, I think its creatively using the rules to gain yourself the best advantage from a crappy situation. I view playing this year's game 6v0 in much the same light. I don't however, think that out and out sabotage of 1114 or 469 should be acceptable. I don't want to beat them because I'm better at lawyering the rules. I want to beat them by winning the game, the right way.
I'm not one to be afraid to use the rules and how they're written to my advantage. I was quite pleased by my team (under my recommendation) playing WAT Q51 6v0, posting a 24-0 loss, and moving us up the standings to 8th seed. The balance of the qualifications played out and we sunk to 9th seed, to later become the 6th alliance captain.
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