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Unread 05-02-2004, 01:39
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Re: Collaboration with Oppnents: Gracious or just shrewd?

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Originally Posted by punarhero
Wait...how is collaboration STUPID???
It's all about wins and losses, but there will be others, and you can count on this, in your tier with the same number of wins as you, and then, those QPs matter. FIRST always tries to keep the game so that the losing alliance's score matters, and it DOES matter in this game too.
Because if you lose a match, you aren't still getting a decently high number of QP points (like everyone did last year). Instead, you are getting a big whooping ZERO points on the seeding score, but yeah, I guess you're right... you do get a nice pile of "loser points" for your troubles.

Why collaborate and get a large pile of "loser points" when you can play the game like it was intended to be played, and quite possibly get a nice shiny 2-point win!

This is all my opinion.
Feel free to disagree...
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Last edited by JVN : 05-02-2004 at 01:47.