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262835.6 in reply to 262835.5
Date: 9/24/2014 7:31:19 AM
Durham Wasps
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But if you're home in the first playoff game you're more likely to be able to PON. Whereas away you're going to need to crunch. Therefore for the likely away game next up, you then have more enth if you follow the scenario where you started the playoffs with less.

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262835.7 in reply to 262835.6
Date: 9/24/2014 9:12:27 AM
Woodbridge Wreckers
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Well it also depends on what ENT advantage we're talking about. If the decision is wether or not to CT the last game of the season to get HCA, or TIE/normal with 8-10 ENT available, the difference is pretty big. If he just has ~5 ENT or the decision is wether or not to TIE instead of Normal, then the difference gets small and HCA might be more helpful.

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262835.8 in reply to 262835.7
Date: 9/24/2014 10:44:42 AM
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True that, but if a playoff team contending for HCA gets to the last regular season game with 5 enth in DII, he's doing something very wrong.

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262835.9 in reply to 262835.4
Date: 9/24/2014 11:04:10 AM
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If you start from about 150 bbstats and 9-10 Enthusiasm, crunching and playing home will get you 2-5 bbstats less than TIEing and playing on the road.

If the options are normal+HCA vs TIE+no HCA, then normalling+HCA is the superior choice. However, the difference between TIEing and normalling should be around 4-5 extra bbstats in defending and rebounding (assuming a 150 total), which means you should normal instead of TIE only if the game is close and you want to make sure you'll win it even if the opponent normals as well or guesses GDP right.

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262835.10 in reply to 262835.7
Date: 9/24/2014 1:30:31 PM
Durham Wasps
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I was assuming that we were talking about a question of whether to normal or TIE the last game of the season. It would be easier to gain access to the game engine, and alter it to benefit your team, than it would to crunch the last game and still win in the playoffs in a competitive division.

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262835.11 in reply to 262835.9
Date: 9/24/2014 5:56:30 PM
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Thanks Lemon for your detailed response!

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262835.12 in reply to 262835.10
Date: 9/24/2014 5:59:14 PM
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Thanks, yes that is what I was aiming at. I wondered whether to TIE my last games or try and win HCA. I will TIE now anyway because it's impossible for me to have HCA.