Throwing the game.

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Originally Posted by defied

A team could effectively "buy in" to the Playoffs by making a deal with a high-scoring team on the other alliance during a match to throw a game reducing the points collected by another high level team that one would consider a threat.

No high-ranking team that has any chance of doing well in the playoffs would accept this. They're going to pick whatever robots will help them score the most points (or stop their opponents from scoring the most). They do this through great scouting, good strategy, and a good robot. And playing clean.

And if some team picking in the top 8 would go for this, it's not like you're not going anywhere with them anyway, so I wouldn't even bother.