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Unread 19-04-2010, 14:14
JaneYoung JaneYoung is offline
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Re: Thank you GDC for an incredible game!

Jared, I hope my post is not a bash. If it is, please tell me and I'll remove it. This is a thought I have had ever since Kick Off and a lot of it is based on some threads and posts here in CD as well as some initial responses I received from my teammates.

I think that folks were slow to absorb and understand the power and the beauty of the scoring system this year. Many of us seemed caught up in how it should be and didn't take the time to think about how it could be. As we moved through the competitions and people started becoming more open to the possibilities, then the game was able to be played out with everyone celebrating it. I also think that hints and clues continued to reveal themselves although people didn't quite get them or verbalize them - such as soccer being a low scoring game. That doesn't make it a boring game - it makes it soccer. If we want to watch/play a fast paced high scoring game, we watch/play basketball. If we want to watch/play a game with extra innings with the short stop pitching in 2 of those innings, then we watch or play like the Cards and the Mets! err - baseball.

I think that staying flexible, agile, and open in our thinking and approach to new games will be vital in the successes of the coming seasons. Strategy was such an important element of the game and the robot design. It always is but I really saw it shine this season. It was wonderful!

Jane
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Last edited by JaneYoung : 19-04-2010 at 14:33.