[EricH]

I think you may want to talk to your coach (and have your lead mentor present when you do, or another mentor if they are the same person).

First, you ask why you were restricted from throwing the noodles--strategy, or something else. Obviously, if you were restricted, there was a good reason, at least in their mind(s). As noted, there is the "Noodle Treaty" where alliances agree not to throw noodles until the coop stack is finished, BUT there is often a "kill statement" where at point X in the match, the noodles will fly regardless of actual stare of the coop stack. And sometimes a team or alliance will decide that they just don't want to throw.

Second, you may want to ask why you're having to ask the first question. To me, there appears to have been what I call a "severe communication breakdown"--plans apparently change (often late), but some segment of affected persons is, presumably accidentally, left out of the loop. Those incidents can be pretty serious, or pretty minor, and inevitably someone's not going to be happy.

And third, I think you should explain that because of the first two items (being on restriction, and not being told why) and additionally the replacement for playoffs (with no apparent reason), you feel [however you feel]. I think that any reasonable mentor would--after hearing about this--do their best to explain the reasons.


I know you didn't ask for all this, but--to me--it seems like you're a bit hurt by the whole thing, so I'm offering some advice on healing a little.