With all this talk about fairness...

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Originally posted by DanLevin247
... and make this year great, and FAIR for all of us.

I think this should have been stated to be "and as fair as possible for all of us" rather than fair itself. It can't be fair because it is a game which does not have a pre-determined outcome.


[quote]Originally posted by 1337 /\/\4573|2
Also, how is participant/opponent collaboration unfair?

The words opponent and collaboration. The rules of any game are basically to attempt defeat of your opponent by a margin to achieve a greater rating for you or your team.
That rating be.. money, points, score, seeding, wins, contracts, etc.. (for any game).

By collaborating with an opposing alliance you are taking the term alliance, poking it with a stick, throwing it away, and in my opinion cheating.

I saw teams last year (I won't mention which because I don't want this to be a flame), that had an alliance of poor-quality rookie teams vs high-quality veteran teams. (The fact of Rookie v Veteran not being a factor). Members from the veteran teams spoke with the rookie opponents and -suggested- that the rookies mess around then go to their home zone while the veterans control the score.

The final score was a very high score for both alliances.. but it was a mostly planned score. In this situation, both alliances came out better than they would have. i.e. the rookie team, which may have had say.. 25 QP average got 60 or so points, thus raising their averages. But the veteran teams got 180 points or so... greatly raising their averages to almost guarentee a seeding.

The above description in my opinion is not gracious professionalism. While some might say 'yes it is, they gave the rookies a fighting chance by raising their QP average'
I say 'No' to this. The intent was to garuntee seeding for the veteran team, which would have both been sure-shot alliance picks.

I really hope I don't see a repeat of the actions I saw this year. Some rules can be bent, others broken.. but the question remains.. should they be?