[Kris Verdeyen]

I disagree. The free and open exchange of ideas is a good thing.

First of all, your "exam" analogy is incorrect. No one, not even the game's designers, know what the best strategy is, for the simple reason that the game hasn't yet been played. The result of all of these strategies flying around is simply that the overall level of play is improved, because every team has considered more possible strategies.

It's also very helpful for the rookies to see the kinds of things that other teams are coming up with, so that they can see what kinds of things experience causes people to consider.

Also, though, noone is forcing anyone to post - if a team has a great strategy or design that they want to keep to themselves, they can. In fact, that's what I'm doing. : )