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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
so roughly 1% doesn't like the game. That's roughly 35-40 folks who took the survey. I could totally live with that.
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I'm glad you can sleep well at night.
The following doesn't even take into account the game design itself. It is purely a look at the game managment problems this season, which have been well documented and widely accepted.
The Aerial Assist game is essentially being judged as guilty by association with the severely flawed game management quality control, which is entirely on the shoulders of HQ. If these issues never existed, the game would be much better received. Would it be perfect? Heck no. The single game piece factor, rules, impact of huge tech fouls, etc. would still be debated, and some would still revile the game. But it would not be viewed in nearly the same negative light by nearly as many.
Now, FIRST was willing to move HEAVEN AND EARTH to fix Einstein 2012, right? How many teams were GENUINELY affected by that exploit? 12? Perhaps a few others if the exploit was used earlier in the season in a certain northern state?
Now WHY IS THAT? What lit a fire under FIRST's keister? Could it be that the exploit - the FLAW - the OVERSIGHT in design THEY and their contractors were RESPONSIBLE FOR - was exposed on their biggest stage, in front of SPONSORS, DONORS, VIP's, MEDIA, and tens of thousands of team members and volunteers?
FIRST was E-M-B-A-R-R-A-S-S-E-D, and they felt their ability to raise funds and maintain growth would be directly threatened if they didn't respond proactively. So they did. Happy fun times ensued...although those teams that felt the burn as a result of their oversight probably still feel very blar that they had to endure that process.
Now what is different about the pedestal delays and FMS/field control design flaws this year, and all other human-generated blar that has manifested as a result of these deficiencies? Have more teams been affected than 12 plus a few others? I would say so! I would say it's in the hundreds or more across the entire season. Have they been hindered in their ability to play the game to the best of their ability? I would say so! Have some been adversely affected in the standings to the point where their chances of securing a victory or even an alliance captaincy are dealt a crippling blow? Undoubtedly.
So where's the uproar from the masses? Where's the prompt response from Manchester? Could it be that since these transgressions are being spread out across numerous events, away from the spotlight of FIRST's greatest stage, that both teams and Manchester simply DON'T CARE that this is going on? They don't feel OBLIGATED to do right by all the teams who've been harpooned by these latest quality control issues? Maybe if the dollar signs aren't being threatened, and teams keep coming back, and people don't speak up and share their frustrations out of some misguided sense that such things just aren't GP, it's just. not. really. worth. anyone's. time. to. care. Let's just post some happy charts saying everyone and everything is swell and move on...nothing to see here!
That, to me, is the true
tragedy of this Aerial Assist season.