[EricH]

Dave, if the GDC ever intentionally decides to level the playing field or bridge the gap, then you better not introduce yourselves at Kickoff.

If the playing field is level, and the teams are (largely) the "same", then who on earth (or Mars) are we going to look up to, imitate, emulate, and try to be? What will there be to make us think "That's really cool!"?

Like I said earlier, the best way to "level the field" is to run a game like the ones before 2005--multiple ways to score, worth varying amounts of points. In this case, "leveling the field" will not be the object. It will be a byproduct. And it will be on a voluntary basis. And we'll still have teams that we look up to and think "That's really cool! Why didn't I think of that?"