To your second response, I’m glad I was able to communicate it well enough that it’s not a misunderstanding anymore.
To your first response, OK, thanks for that, I know where you’re at, better now
So the game by game bid is a beautiful thing.
If you set a bid (for global for our example) at 30, then both players may want the same side. You could flip for it, but then someone is disappointed they lost the flip. Since you are going back and forth, when one player has gone as low as he is willing to, both sides are satisfied.
I totally understand the argument against a bid, that it is changing the game setup. This is why @The_Good_Captain set official optional rules that get the game quite close.
So in the tournament, if it’s not easy like it was easy between you and me, then either bidding can be done or some other way to come to an agreement that no one is disappointed, getting the side they didn’t want.
Bidding is so popular in the league I’m not used to anyone questioning it or complaining, so if you really don’t have much experience with it yet, of course it would be a good idea if you tried it a few times