9.3.4 Match Seeding Points

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by SteveGPage

In that case, the Blue alliance will get the same number of seeding points as the winning alliance (not including penalties) - so therefore derives no advantage over the Red alliance in terms of moving up the ranking - in 2 cases.

I agree with some of the concepts in your post, but you're missing an important point. In this case it does indeed not result in any notable advantage for the red alliance to gain points in the standings over the blue alliance, but if they end up getting more seeding points than a "standard match," they get a net bonus when compared to the other teams in the field (not playing on either alliance).

Say team X is on the red alliance and team Y isn't playing. Team Y is done playing matches and has 100 seeding points. Team X has one match remaining and has 80 seeding points. In a competitive match, the red alliance might win 6-5 and get 16 seeding points (not enough for Team X to catch Team Y). In a colluded match, the red alliance might win 21-0, and Team X could pass Team Y. Or they could attempt to tie 7-7 and earn 21 seeding points for both alliances, in which case Team X passes Team Y as well.