[sgreco]

[speculation] I think the intent of coopertition is to encourage people to talk to their opponents before the match to get the best outcome for both sides. This can relate to the real world because in many cases if two competitive companies work together they might end up producing a better product, or at least reduce bitter tensions between them. I think FIRST is attempting to promote this type of action. [Speculation]

This is what I think, but I have no idea if this is actually the case.

I'm torn on whether I like the coopertition aspect or not. I don't feel as though it hurt competition, and that is good since I had feared that before the season. I'll be honest some 6v0 matches were very fun to watch.

I liked the system overall, awarding seeding points based more or less on goals scored rather than win loss, I think that's fair especially when you don't have a lot of seeding matches. I didn't really like the coopertition bonus, but I could live with it. It didn't turn out as bad as I had feared before the season. I think it could have some tweaks, but its not a bad starting point. The 6v0 didn't ruin anything, but I feel like it could have if it was happening in every match, so in that way the rules had the potential to ruin things, but they didn't

I don't know if I like this but, one way to get rid of a 6v0 but keep coopertition is to give the losers their own raw score, rather than the unpenalized score of their opponents. This way coopertition exists because winning teams gets more of a reward when their opponents score more, but the losers don't benefit from the winners score.


Edit: I realized I accidentally contradicted myself