My case against <G14>

[bduddy]

Perhaps I should ask something else-what is the good that this rule does?

Many people have suggested that it "adds strategy" to the game. Sure, I won't deny that. But does this game need the added "strategy" of sandbagging? Sandbagging is never fun to watch and less fun to do, especially for team members enthusiastic to show off what they made. And scoring on yourself? I mean, come on. How are you going to explain that to drop-in spectators or NASA TV viewers? (They do exist, you know. They're also one of the most important audiences FIRST needs to target.) And I don't know about you, but I'd feel better losing 50-10 then if the score was 40-30 and 20 of those points were own goals.

As for the "preventing blowouts" rationale, my thoughts on that can be found in the initial post. We are all mature enough here to take a big loss and consider how we can use it to move forward.