A comment about alliance selection in off season events

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

I'm making a point about offseason events vs official Regionals and Districts. Off season events are often less competitive and more "friendly" and I'm arguing for a different set of rules in that case.

But what is that point? When presented with specific questions about it, you seem to be unwilling to answer directly. It sounds like you want to add restrictions in order to increase competitiveness and reduce "friendliness". I have to assume that you're putting the word in quotes because you have a specific meaning in mind, and I will guess that you are referring to teams picking their friends as alliance partners.

My basic problem is that I can't follow your argument to a conclusion that makes sense to me. It would help me if you could clearly state what your ultimate goal is, so that I can appropriately fill in the blanks in what you're saying in order to align what I'm reading with that goal. Then if I agree with the goal, I can better form my questions about how you are trying to reach it. Of course, it's possible -- or even likely -- that I disagree with the goal, in which case I will simply say so.