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Scoring For Your Opponents
With the way that ranking points have been calculated since the 2000 season, it's always been more advantageous to allow your opponents to score more points. This a very neat part of FIRST. I have always been a fan of this rule, until this past weekend.
During matches where we had a big lead, our drivers were instructed to leave let our opponents get on their ramp, and play a minimal amount of defence. This was in hopes of gaining more ranking points. In certain matches, our opponents were not scoring many points, so we scored for them. As many as 30 points in one match. The result was a closer match, and more ranking points for both teams. Everyone should be happy? Right? Well, not exactly
I spoke with one of the teams who we played against and scored for. They were very insulted by us scoring for them, and said it was us rubbing salt in their wounds. I'd never considered this before. Our team discussed it that night, and we could see where our opponents were coming from. That being said, as long as the loser's score is part of the ranking system, we will continue to try maximize it.
I'm curious as to how others feel about this? Would you be insulted if your opponent scored for you during a blow out?
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