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Re: 900's Championship Cheesecaking Chronicles

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Originally Posted by MrJohnston View Post
They certainly were on the alliance and, yes, I do hold the belief that you win and lose as an alliance. However, should that not not also include playing as an alliance? Yes, had the harpoons been deployed, 900 would have played a role. (Whether or not that really would have been team 900 is a different question.) I also struggle with your team's role in eliminations. You burgled cans (with 148's cheesecake, yes?) and then rolled into a corner - when you were in matches. You spent most (?) half (?) off the field while 1114 and 148 did everything.

There was nothing illegal about this. I just could not imagine picking a "partner" and telling them that it's better for the alliance to play short-handed than to put them on the field. Even with partners that more frequently cost alliances points than gain points, we find ways to involve them in the game.
I struggle with you level of disrespect. You can try all you want to insult our alliance partners and take away from their accomplishments, but it's not going to work.
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