Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151025160919/@comment-410526-20151030152741

I sort of agree. I feel like they will lose eventually, and it'll be a big plot point and source of delicious character drama. I just don't think they'll lose to "Team Generic Dudes With Generic Weapons, Also Featuring Sniper Beanie Girl." It just seems... unlikely.

Cinder and Co. have been stalking researching Pyrrha for a while now, I think she plays a significant part of their plan. What exactly, can't say, but I somehow doubt that her role in their mysterious, vaguely-ominous masterplan is being knocked out of the competition super early.

They know from their research that Pyrrha is virtually invincible if you use magnetic weapons (and pretty formidable even if you don't) which is what I think Emerald and Cinder meant when they said they already know the outcome of the match.