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Game Design Committee Members/Questions
I was discussing this with a few people the other day and I just wanted to know.
Are the members of the Game Design Committee kept "secret"?
I know, in the past, they have only had 6-8 members that have been announced at kickoff. In recent years though, I have heard many people say they were members. I do not know what a member actually does or how involved you have to be to be a "member".
Also, does anyone know if anyone on the GDC has an affiliation with a team? It just seems like it wouldn't be the greatest idea to have someone make the game who actively participates on the team.
The discussion I had with others led us to this conclusion/idea. Maybe the GDC should be an outside company, who has no affiliation with anyone in FIRST or any team, to design the game. They should be given parameters, shown past games, and given all the feedback about the previous games. They should also have little to no contact with individual team members. The members should be kept truly secret in my mind, if everyone wants everything to be fair.

It pains me to think that way, but it seems to be a prevalent thought among many people (not a majority, but many people do have issues with how it is being run). In the past two years, I have heard numerous people leak information about the game a few weeks before hand and have that information actually be true.

This is not a shot at anyone in particular, just a review of the system that has been established.
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