**FIRST EMAIL**/Special Message from the GDC

[Jim Meyer]

Originally Posted by Kims Robot

Because the coop bridge effectively "takes out" one of your alliance partners for 45 seconds of the match, it is highly unlikely teams will want to give up their best scorer to do it, its also very strategic for teams to try and ask for the opponents best scorer to come do it. So who is right? Who should give in?

The cooperitition award goes to the team with the highest difference between coop bridge balances compared to wins. It seems fairly clear to me they want us to place more value on the coopertition bridge than winning. If balancing on the cooperitition bridge means losing the match, why not do that? (we have) It's the same amount of points for your team.

Not sure who said it, but I like it: "Losing a match with a balanced coopertition bridge is like winning. Winning a match with a balanced coopertition bridge is like winning twice."