by Joshua A.C. Newman » Sat Apr 26, 2014 3:04 pm
Take a fall for a backroom payoff in a tournament is obviosuly cheating and that's usually explicit in tournament rules. A tourney organizer can reinforce this with an indivisible award — say, a trophy. It's also extremely poor sportsmanship, because you're not playing by the same rules as the rest of the players.
The rules assume you're trying to win. Says so on the first page of the rules. So, assuming we're all trying to win (by dint of an indivisible award — let's say it's a frame built by Eduty, worth far more than the handful of pieces that compose it), what do we have?
We'll call the players D, S, and P, for their initial standings.
S has immediately taken the pressure off D before they have taken so much as a single hit. If P starts shooting at D, then S will win the trophy. I see it happen all the time at con games — someone attacks their best friend, sibling, or partner at the table, while the leader can't believe their astonishing luck, and just bring the rain to make sure neither of them gains a clear advantage.
What you're describing is contrary to the rules of the game (in a game, you agree to objectives and actions you can take to obtain them as creative constraints), contrary to any reasonable tournament rules (even though the RAW don't include tourney rules), and obviously poor ethical behavior.
On the other hand! Maybe, for some reason, this is a good idea! Maybe S figures it'll be easier to take out P later in the game, having an ally against S, who is, after all, stronger! It's risky, but I can see it being worth a shot!
We don't need a rule to protect players from making extremely risky strategic decisions. We do need rules to get everyone playing the same game. Fortunately, that's what we've got.
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