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Re: Week 3 Impressions of Rack n' Roll
There is a lot of assumption in this thread that we know what the GDC intended for this game to be. That's an interesting assumption. The GDC, I'm sure, knows how games have played out in the past. I doubt they are unaware that qualification matches in regionals are sometimes/often very defensive. In fact, looking at last year’s game, and the opportunity it created where teams basically had to play defense, I wouldn't say that the GDC doesn't expect games to be defensive. I also don't think that you can assume that the GDC didn't know what an effect the ramps would have.
Personally this game is growing on me. I rather like that there are many ways to win. There are some games when ramps are absolutely deciding, some games when even ramping won't give a team a win, and some matches where a team has to decide whether defense, scoring, or ramping is the most effective strategy in the last 30 seconds. I also love the variety in the way that teams have answered the challenge of this game.
And the decline of some parts of this thread into complaining about reffing just seems a bit petty to me. And, frankly, off topic and unnecessary. I really doubt that complaints about calls have anything to do with an evaluation of rack and roll. There have always been complaints about calls, no matter what the game.
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