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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Semantics aside, you said Karthik / 1114 / whomever had no right to get mad at people advocating throwing a match to bring down 1114 because his team played a 6v0 match. No one can honestly say those two things are anywhere close to the same level of "bad".
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I'm gonna elaborate on this if you don't mind Chris.
6v0 (regardless of my personal feelings) hurts no one. In fact, it was a viable strategy this year. 1114 decided to place itself in the best possible position from which to win the event. (Something all teams should do) This match left them with an awkward decision. They could gamble or they could take a lower payout. If they played their best they could lose and give 111 a massive boost in the rankings. They could also win and get a massive boost. Or they could take the assured payout. Say what you want about 1114 but you cannot say they are not logical. They decided, along with their partners, not to gamble.
A team throwing a match to hurt another team's standings is unsportsmanlike. There was talk about intentionally drawing penalties when playing with 1114 so they get losses so that they would not be #1. That is sick.
This isn't even comparable. One is a strategic move so that everyone at least gains. The other is a rude move that I feel should warrant expulsion from the competition. If you intentionally draw penalties to hurt another team you don't deserve to be competing.