The winning move is not to play

[kirtar]

Originally Posted by leafy

It doesn't hurt the opponent's score; in fact, if you pick this strategy, then you increase the possible score of the other team by not taking any balls. You should, if you pick this strategy, push as many balls into their goals or zones as possible to increase *their* score. This also makes up for the fact that there is no coopertition bonus.

As for not being in the spirit of the competition, it's actually *more* in the spirit of FIRST as in winning, you are helping the other team win. It's a symbiotic relationship. Both teams scoring on one team's goals is the purest form of cooperation.

Quite wrong. You're actually pretty much doing a double suicide. Neither team will get anywhere near as many seeding points as a team that wins a close match. You will also get 50% fewer seeding points than if you simply tie on purpose using the same number of balls. However, if you purposely tie, the total of the two alliances' scores will be higher than if you simply shut yourself out (6 robot scoring rather than 4).