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Unread 03-01-2015, 22:33
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Re: The Noodle Agreement

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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday View Post
You say poorer methods, I say more efficient use of time both in match and during the build season.


How about a modification of the noodle agreement: We each agree to dump 7 noodles (28 pts) and each alliance gets 3 to play with. Then you can use your noodles how you wish with your complicated mechanism you spent time during the season designing and we still both gain a large value.
I get what you're saying; teams in a perfect world should be rewarded for their mechanisms, but there's alot to be said for the fact that you can't retaliate against teams for wanting their own routes to success. My issue isn't with teams who want to score their own noodles, but the fact that the "agreement" in question (see post 76) involves sabbatoging teams who behave in a way that certain teams won't like but that is still gp and perfectly legal. I can see the argument for retaliating against teams who break agreements they consent to, or who refuse any degree of cooperation at all, but forcing teams into your chosen model by threatening to kick them straight out of the rankings is cruel.
Forcing every team at an event into behaving according to whatever model you think is best is just asking for trouble, because there will be teams made to suffer under it through no fault of their own. I think noodle alliances will really have to be handled on a case by case basis. Alliances deserve to be able to advocate for what works best for them in each particular situation, not be silenced into following some artificial standard imposed on them by teams who feel threatened. Using the threat of effectively kicking a team out of competition because they have their own ideas is not cool.