You want to know why 1114 locked down the goals? Look who is #2 and 5 points behind them in the standings - 469's partner in that match, 111. It seems to me they were ensuring that 111 didn't receive a 2x loser's score bonus to boost them relative to 1114's standing, other than the 5 point win bonus. Hmm, it appears that 1114 covets that #1 seed. I wonder why that is, perhaps?
The talk post-Match 100 surely cements my beliefs in making the "interesting" post about this match in this thread a few days ago. There were too many teams who are known for strategerizationery involved in this match for some kind of traditional gameplan to occur.
In my opinion, this match does underscore the dorkiness of this coopertition model. And as always, the best teams came out ahead in the process at the expense of the 2nd tier teams. Even though they appeared to go along with the ploy, I truly wonder how good 288 and 231 felt about that *awesome* 29 points they received that did nothing to elevate them anywhere near the top 8, while they sat there doing nothing. Yee haw boy howdy, excitement on the Curie field.
I can't fault teams for doing what they can to legally work the system to their advantage, but I can fault the system for placing teams in situations where lame decisions such as these have to be made.