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Re: what to do if the other alliance reneges on coop

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Originally Posted by Jarren Harkema View Post
I don't see the exact point of blacklisting or pulling the team off your picklist, unless it's just the principle of the matter. Even still, if they are constant in other areas of the game, they are still a valuable asset.
If a team says they'll do something, doesn't do it, and then won't tell you why they didn't do it when you ask later, it demonstrates they are poor communicators, poor listeners, and unreliable. Are those qualities you want in an elims partner?

Again, even something like "I forgot" or "it ended up taking us too long to do Task X" or "we knocked a bin over in front of the step" would be fine. The key part of the interaction that drove that post for me was when they didn't offer an explanation.
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