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Unread 12-02-2011, 03:19
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Re: Team Update #10

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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
Love this update!

I was dreading the 'score first then shut down all scoring' tactic, because it commits one of the worst sins of FIRST: It renders the game *boring*.

I know, I know, some people will disagree with me on what does and does not constitute 'boring', but I think of things from the perspective of the casual spectator. It MUST be exciting to non-participant spectators (e.g. friends, family, classmates, and invitees of those on the teams) in order to fulfill it's mandate of changing the culture.
I think a casual spectator would agree that the Miracle on Ice was one of the greatest games of hockey this planet will ever see, and people don't really talk about the first 50 minutes... it's all about the last ten when not a single goal was scored.
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