But you've really written "we are Italy, you are the small Belgium, you have nothing to do in the semi's, leave us the spot".
i'm sorry, but that is what you are projecting with a TIE deal.
a TIE deal means 1 of 2 things:
If you are the stronger country and are offering a TIE deal, you basically are telling the opponent that you don't belong here, give us the win and be happy that we are giving you the courtesy of not losing too badly so that you can hopefully use that enthusiasm to win a game down the road.
If you are the weaker team, then you are either announcing a total capitulation, at which point you are begging the other team not to destroy you and keep the point difference the same
OR you are trying to deceive them, making sure they play TIE so that you can win a game with Normal vs TIE instead of CT vs a normal enthusiasm.
Either way, i look at TIE deals as a low blow.
And that is just perceiving between the 2 nations. How would you as a 3rd nation feel if you had to play nation B the next week, but because they made a TIE deal, they both managed to grow their enthusiasm while you had to fight for your own result.
TIE deals are something i wish didn't exist. I don't agree with the way how Joe and Guiguits go about, since i find that dishonorable. However, offering the TIE deal is equally dishonorable in the first place, because of the message that it sends.
Oh and ifItaly is unhappy about it, be sure to take revenge during the next game. hopefully both teams will meet eachother at the WC. would be a nice grudge match.
regards
Mahesvara
Last edited by Mahesvara at 12/17/2024 9:41:10 AM