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Unread 05-01-2015, 16:50
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Re: The Noodle Agreement

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Originally Posted by Kevin Selavko View Post
30 points for no unprocessed litter, 10(1) for all your noodles in the landfill zone is a total of 40.

The 30 points gives teams an incentive to still put in the litter to get more points(1 in landfill and 4 for getting it to the other side) and also it is a large incentive to clean up your side of the field in the last 20 seconds(no more encouraging littering on your own side).
But most teams would then be driven to completely bypass litter the whole match in order to get 30 free points and not worry about dropping litter. This would essentially remove litter from the game (I guess that's good for the recycling theme, but not for the gameplay).
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