A psychological observation (kind of)
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Please, don't laugh... Look, perhaps this is common knowledge/trivial info or, on the contrary, a totally incorrect assumption based on games vs. unskilled noobs/mids. Anyway, I think that during end-game, when a lot of action is going on, and preferably on 1v1/2v2 settings, sometimes it's better to just "neutralize" opponent's non-crucial flags (not portals or gold, of course) than to actually capture them. The reason is ridiculously simple: "neutral flag" color closely resembles a regular "allied flag" green. If the opponent is not 100% map-aware (and during end-game he has a lot to worry about apart from closely contemplating that mini-map), the chance is he will notice something is wrong way later than he would have I opted to capture the flag (= turn it red). It is not a purely theoretical observation, and it works like charm in 1v1 vs mids (to the point I am actually able to shut down an enemy Valor flag on Prison quite consistently for most end-games). The same can be valid in 2v2 (especially on larger maps like Leviathan). However, I'm assured in any standard Cataract 3v3 even a half-decent non-coordinated team w/o voice chat will notice it quite quickly (statistically, there is a huge chance one of the three opponents will notice it), so it's not really worth the trouble.
But I don't think he meant to offend you. As for me, I tend to judge other people's posts by concentrating on the content, not on the form. In other words, imperfect punctuation and orthography do not make your remarks invalid. Not to mention your tone is usually really nice and easy-going, and that's a definite plus. Mathematicians, engineers, etc. are naturally better with numbers than with words, and it's ridiculous to think of them as morons because of that 