I just finished 3rd in my league, so I'll be heading to the playoffs to play versus the #2.
Lately I've been scouting his matches, seeing how his team rates with player rating, and other ratings given in the boxscore.
I've been playing TIE for the last weeks, bringing my enthousiasm up to 12, while he played normal the whole time, so his enthousiasm won't be that high.
With me playing TIE and him playing normal, my players in general ranked better and performed better as a team (checking boxscore ratings). I expect him to play Crunchtime in the playoffs, as he habit of having done this previously. Now I wonder if I play normal versus him, since TIE isn't working during the Playoffs, will this have the same effect as to during the competition with TIE vs. normal?
All in all: Should I play normal or Crunch time and have my enthousiasm drop to "yikes!" levels (since ive been told the enthousiasm gets cut in half when using Crunch time) and stand no chance whatsoever in the 2nd round should I win?
Please don't base your decision on previous matches, including the one played just now in which I didn't play any of my starters for tuesday.