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In addition to randomness, it could just be a bad call on that person's part. It can be an advantage when trying to get points, but just like in the case you saw, it can cut both ways.

While the individual would be worth 1 or 0 to someone much stronger (his advantage) He set himself up for the loss to you (given 5 points, your Power level must be a little lower than theirs.)

It is a gamble when it is used as a gang point strategy. In the first case, they lost.