[Rick]

the way they are measured is on the stick. the stick goes like this:

/ \
|
=4
|
|
=3
|
|
=2
| \--------/
| | 1Shu |
=1 \____/


/ \
|
=4
|
|
=3
|
|
=2 \ -----\
| | 2 |
| | Shu|
=1 /-----/

as you can see by my crude drawing note that any bin upright will always count as one since there is no zero on the meter. when tipped a certain way it will round down to count for 2. that should clear anything up.

Pyramids should work like this:
all bins supporting the largest stack will count zero towards base score. but the pryamid ges measured and it doesn't matter how many you use.

and about my strategy. if anyone has allied with us last year they know im Mr. Strategy. and i cant go around telling everyone the winning strategy cause then everyone would do it. so keep thinking everyone.