Losing on Purpose to Gain Advantage

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by gblake

Or do you believe is there something special about a match that doesn't apply to complete tournaments, or to portions of a match?

There's indeed something special about a qualification match. The teams on an alliance are working together for the specific common goal of winning that match.

For anyone saying they think the original question assumes all teams on the alliance would be in agreement on losing the match, please read it again. It's about whether a team should lose on purpose in order to cause one of their opponents to be seeded #1 instead of one of their partners. While it might be a mathematically justifiable tactic in the pursuit of winning the tournament, it's a dirty trick to play on your alliance partner.