A novel strategy: Always score for your opponents

[StevenB]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

If both alliances are scoring for the other alliance, wouldn't it be better just to score for your alliance?

No, because you can lose points that you score for yourself. You can't lose points you score for your opponent. Penalties don't hurt you if you don't have any points to lose. I'm not suggesting that you should commit penalties because you can - I'm merely saying that they're a huge part of this game, and they will happen to your alliance, whether you like it or not.

From the webcasts I saw today, it was not uncommon to get five or more points in penalties. Nearly every match seemed to have a penalty on one side or another. With this kind of unpredictability, reliably winning by a small margin seems nearly impossible.