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And that is exactly what I do until I have contributed enough to secure my place.  Only then do I make it public.  It's just that you don't see this bit because I don't talk about a launch here until I get to point I'm comfortable with.  I actually have a standardized procedure for my launches.  I actually developing a spreadsheet to help determine if I have enough point items for particular launches that will get me first place.  It's NOT cheating, but rather doing math.  Sometimes, you want first place and sometimes, you don't want first place.  I'm not as inflexible or as ignorant as you are making me out to be.

I think originally, it was designed as a competition which is why first place gets the better prize.  This is as opposed to the Alliance Mission Challenge which is a group effort and you get NO special advantage your tasks earlier and why I would NOT be permitted to contribute by doing someone else's task.  It's just that many people here have realized that being first all the time might be shortsighted, resources are finite, and sometimes, the juice really is NOT worth the squeeze (it depends upon the situation and what you want to achieve with your launch).

Do you see what I am saying?