Open Brainstorming Thread

[geeknerd99]

We did some calculations right after we figured out the rules, and in fact, the best way to win is NOT to cap everything.

I'm a noob this year, so I'm not exactly too sure what one of the vets was talking about, but he was saying something about tournament rankings being more than win/loss ratios. It seems that when 2 win/loss ratios are the same, they will resort to the opponent's scores to see who did better. Obviously, 208127197923 to 2 is better than 151 to 150.

So, that leaves two options (both of which are pushed to the extreme). You can completely trounce the other alliance, capping EVERY SINGLE TETRA and getting all the bots in the end zone, resulting in a 210-0 win. Looks great, but I don't think that counts as much in ranking as the following procedure:

Both teams cap all 40 tetras and end up behind the line, but the arrangement of rows ends up as something like | | |.

This results in something along the lines of a 150-140 victory for red. Still a win, but also ranks you better.