Since 2018, RPs achieved haven’t scored in playoff matches. Those RPs could be repurposed as tie breakers in the playoff matches. Instead of starting with cumulative fouls (which is a negative value), start with the easiest RP criterion (as measured by TBA’s Insights), then the next RP criterion. Then conventional tiebreakers could proceed in order.
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For this years game, it would be say:
Tiebreaker 1: did both alliances get at least 26pts on the charging station
Tiebreaker 2: did both alliances score 5 links, or 4 if the coop was enabled
Tiebreaker 3: penalties, etc for normal tiebreakers
Am I understanding it correctly?
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Worth noting that this has actually changed in 2023- the first tiebreaker is now cumulative TECH FOUL points.
I do like the spirit of where your proposal is going- I think the tradeoffs with the tiebreakers are all around which component of the game you want to incentivize the most.
The only rules that i think teams will violate which result in tech fouls is the multiple extension in opponent zone and the launching game pieces. All of the others are either major infractions (killing a robot) which would have resulted in a card anyways, or robot design problems (overextension, multiple direction extensions) I fully expect that no tech fouls will be issued and it goes to the 2nd tiebreaker most of the time (which is charge station points)
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