[gblake]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

The GDC has made it *absolutely clear* that the object and the spirit of the game is to play to win -- each match.

I am stunned that in light of this clarification there are still teams that are considering doing otherwise.

Folks,

I you were playing football, soccer or any other game that monotonicly rewards running up a higher score than your opponent, and that only rewards that strategy, then I would agree with statements like this one or with assertioins about "The spirit of the game"; but that is not this situation.

If you want to win the on-the-field competition, look at this tournament's rules - all of them - then do the math and maximize your chances of taking home a Tournament Champions trophy. Don't interject rules that simply aren't there.

I urge you to do that do that in the context of maximizing your chances to earn a Chairman's award, and to also avoid any notions of having to use "proper" or "correct" strategies that are not derived from THIS game's/tournament's rules. Do your best to do well in this tournament. Accomplishing that might require strategies that would be simply foolish in other tournements.

You aren't playing those other games right now, and sometimes the hallowed notions of those games don't apply to FIRST games/tournaments. All games and tournaments are not alike.

Blake
PS: I was growing tired of those green dots