Contested Containers

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Ginger Power

Having the Recycling containers on your side also allows you to cap non complete stacks as well. If you are with alliance partners that aren't capable of making a stack higher than 3, you can still maximize your points by capping and noodling all of the stacks. In fact, at lower levels of competition it may be more efficient to make 6 capped stacks of 3 than 3 complete stacks. Stacks of 3 are a lot safer than stacks of 6 when you may or may not have faith in your alliance partners' stacking/driving ability. This would also give you higher potential pool noodle points. Having all of the RC's on your side is an advantage no matter how you look at it. The only question is whether or not it's worth your time to go after them at lower levels of play, or if your time is better spent stacking.

The recycling containers only become a scarce resource once both alliances attempts to win three of them from the center step. Six capped stacks (even shorter ones) will be a rare feat, and seeing a match where both alliances want six capped stacks will be loch ness monster rare. For the vast majority of alliances, five containers (3 starting + 2 from step) will be more than adequate. Aside of finals matches against a powerhouse, the incentive to acquire more containers from the step than you can successfully cap is low*, generally lower than spending that time and effort scoring more points via totes.


*There are other hypothetical scenarios in which denying points may be beneficial, but they will prove to be even more rare