Everyone is entitled to play the game as they wish to. There is absolutely no requirement to throw a game just because the server was rolled back and the game was replayed. I let Kush beat me for many reasons.
Firstly: We both set our teams up and had what I considered to be a fair game. The stupid match engine did gave a reasonable result.
Secondly: My team is languishing in mid-table so I am not in danger of relegation and am pretty unlikely to make it into the TCL next season.
Thirdly: Bearing in mind number 2, and the fact that Kush may have ended up beating me if I had not thrown the game, it was a cheap way of making myself look like a decent bloke.
Lastly: It's just a game.
People complain when there has been a blatant travesty with how the match engine interprets the game, but nobody ever says that, due to the injustice, they will throw the return game. It's hardly any different if the game throws somebody up a bit of luck once in a while.
In different circumstances I would have told Kush I was redoing my tactics.
I do feel sorry for sdepiano1 because, regardless of how the result happened, it was a good scalp. But to be honest, any team that gets relegated in a division with 2 CPU teams can't really have cause to complain, regardless of being "docked" 3 points. I don't think sdepiano1will have any worried. It is more likely that it could stuff up his chances of an ICC spot.