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Re: Week 2 Live Discussion

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Originally Posted by SeanFitz View Post
Is it just me, or are teams seeming to go for (and complete) the coopertition stacks less and less often? If so, why the big change from week 1 to 2?
They are going for them less often, and it's likely due to the dynamic of who really needs those co-op points.

-The best teams now realize that they don't need those points to seed high and be picked early, as co-op doesn't count in elims. Often, the top 4 alliance captains don't even finish in the top 10 in co-op.
-The teams that are on the bottom of the standings and need points desperately (averaging in the 30's to 40's or lower) often can't do co-op reliably, so they won't get it done either.
-A lot of teams who won't be captains, those obviously below #15 seed, don't go for co-op in the last few matches often to demonstrate their skills to alliance captains, again reducing the number of willing robots.

That, and you need to find 2 partners on opposing alliances to do co-op, and because of the reasons above, it just doesn't happen that often anymore. Going forward in week 3 and beyond, I see even fewer co-op stacks being formed, given what we've seen so far.

Last edited by Green Potato : 07-03-2015 at 19:36. Reason: misspelling
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