Last week, I went up first, they threw a 2. This week, I went up first, they threw the best player on their team, an SL 6. Who has won Top Gun before.
I beat him, 4-4.
The funny part of the whole night was their mis management. They could potentially throw 6-6-5-4-2, so I decide to go 6-5-5-4-3. (Realize that I have an SL7, an SL6 and an SL5 who is probably better than me, in addition to me.) I go first, SL5. For some strange reason, they counter with their best player, one of their SL6's. I beat him, 2-1. Their turn, they throw SL3, I counter with SL3. My SL3 wins, 3-2.
I throw SL4 (cumulative total 12). They counter with their SL4, one of the better 4's in the league. (Which is why I went this way, I didn't want one of my 3's playing him.) If I want to play my SL7, I then have to play my SL2, in the other match. Of course, I can also play an SL5 and an SL6, and stay within the limit. My guy pulls an unexpected 3-0.
They throw an SL2, and they are surprised when I throw the SL5. WTF???? Don't they do the math??? Playoffs are determined by total points scored.
I play my SL6 for the last match, and for some reason, at that point they throw an SL3. And mutter about us "running it up". With a 5 and 6 available. Dammit, the only way into the playoffs is to have more total points than everyone else.
I'm happy with the 12-3 win. But curious why they got so mad at me, throwing the way I did. Seemed elementary to me...