[Siri]

'Fun to watch in powerhouse finals' seems like an odd standard to measure a game against. Historically, that's almost apodictic. To my mind, a game that 1114 and 148 can't make look cool is not boring, it's just bad. You give those VEXers 6 weeks on speed phone book reading and it'd probably draw a crowd.

A game can be "boring" and still pass that standard, even when played by regional powerhouses. It's just a matter of audience. Boring to teams in the stands? Sponsors and VIPs? Volunteers or public spectators? This game has certainly had far more complaints about boredom than others of recent history, from those constituencies both on CD and at events. That doesn't mean everyone thinks it's boring (they don't), but it's hard to argue on evidence that it's equally or less so.