So far I won the last league game playing TIE while he went Normal. So I'm at 12 Enthusiasm which'll be at 11 come PO game time. Since he'll probably CT with 9-10 Enthusiasm I think I'll have to go CT as well. Thoughts?
Yeah, I would say the POCT is the way to go. (I make sure to call it POCT and PON, because it's different than usual - a POCT is essentially a CT in terms of how your team plays, and a normal in enthusiasm; a PON is a normal in term of how they play but with the enthusiasm benefits of a TIE). I mean, a win with a PON is nice, but you were only up 4 going into the fourth if I recall correctly, and that's close enough that you probably want to put in the extra effort. You said the #1 team will have essentially 5 enthusiasm, right? That sounds like a winnable game -- if it was a harder game and he had more enthusiasm, I might risk a little in the opener to have a better chance to win if I move on, but if the first game is harder it's definitley worth the enthusiasm.