I have encountered exactly that dilemma in my own tabletop baseball leagues —this tendency to favour one or two teams over the others and to end up rooting for them. It gets to be quite a source of agony when one or both of them wind up in the Transcendental Series and a game is going against them. But I have long ago decided upon one thing: the rules will be followed. I will not change a rule in force for the current season for the convenience of any one team and the verdict of the dice is final.
In playing out my EF experimental series, the decision of whether to pass or not depends upon the flow of the game at that moment and I make it for both sides equally. I have found it to not only maintain integrity in my games but also to inject a random factor: I cannot predict how a game will come out and I therefore get to enjoy quite a few exciting contests. I had one game turn on a most amazing comback by the team which was down by two touchdowns going into the half, only for that team to blow it on the last play and fall just short of snatching victory.
The solo chess player understands the necessity to stick entirely by the rules to render a true and accurate outcome for the game in order to fairly evaluate your own skill. The one and only requirement is the will to do so.
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