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One way to ensure tight scoring games is to introduce 'incentives'. For
example, for every point that you score, your team owes the other team a
round of beers. 

This simple approach has two benefits:

1. It should result in lots of high scoring draws, and the final
placings will be decided by who has the most money.

2. Everyone will be too drunk to complain/care.


Of course, like any good concept, it needs to be scrutinised carefully
before it is introduced. So in the interests of British Ultimate, Red
Shift volunteer to test it out at Exeter.



Jimmer
 
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