Throwing Matches at the Olympics

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Originally Posted by SciBorg Dave

At our regional, there were 2-3 dominate teams. In at least 1 match one of the dominate teams instructed it team alliance not to co-op balance to give the other alliance the points. Was this good straegy or poor play ?

I'm afraid I don't quite understand the strategy here? Was this to mean the dominate team did not want to balance so as to not give another team the co-op points, or was it that the dominant team was throwing the match? If the case is the former, then I do not see an issue with a team doing this because that is not playing without heart, rather, it is playing with the big picture weaved into your strategy.