Effect of Coopertition Points

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Cory

I don't feel like going back further, but it's pretty clear that this is the first year in awhile in which you cannot directly contribute to, or take actions to not reduce your opponent's score.

If you're referring to 2012 by this statement, you can score for your opponent. Nowhere is it disallowed. I also recall a Q&A answer to the effect of "It matters that it goes in, not how it goes in." (The question, IIRC, was something along the lines of "If a ball bounces in off *probable object for stuff to bounce off of*, does it still count?", or it might have been a direct "Can we score for our opponents?")

However, it helps you not one bit in the rankings. The win+coop are the only things that count.

Also, just a minor quibble: I distinctly said "score for your opponent". I made no reference to failing to score points, or not scoring as many points as you could, which has always been on the table. If you take my words as I said them, then 2007 and 2011 are both cases where you could not legally score for your opponent. If, however, you choose to take "score for your opponent" as "take actions to not reduce your opponent's score", then you have to go back to 2001, where you had no opponent but could raise or lower your partner's score (or your own) with some careful maneuvering, or 1991, when FRC had yet to run a single competition.