Variation of the Prisoner's Dilemma

[JewishDan18]

I did a little analysis at kickoff, and I came to the conclusion that the robots would never score on the same alliance, since it is more profitable to score on whichever team the opponent isn't scoring on, both if they are losing or winning (as long as there is a good difference between scores. If they are tied, trying to win is better).

The cycle would go like so (assuming team A can score better than B):

A scoring points for A
B scoring points for B
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A gains a good lead
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A scores points for B, go get a higher number of points
B scores points for A, to maximize their points
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B catches up to A, since A is a better and is scoring for them
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A scores points for A, to regain their lead
B scores points for B, to try and take a lead
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back to start

If B knows A is better, then they might just keep scoring for A, but they generally do not know this.

6v0 matches split the points evenly, but the total number of points given remains constant (assuming no defense). I remember 1519 came to 20's pits, asking that we don't play defense. I agreed with them, since that is (imo) the best way to maximize points while seeing how well the robots perform.