2015 Lessons Learned: The Negative

[ratdude747]

Suggestions (from one of the scorekeeper/field power guys on Hopper):

Champs

-Paper airplanes need to be discouraged, not encouraged (as they seemed to be at least during opening ceremonies).
-Makes the opening ceremony in the evening if possible, or else have an afternoon load in with an evening ceremony before actual qualifications.
-Announce chairmans before Einstein matches, and give the winning team field side seating like was done in the past. It feels like chairmans has been kicked down a notch.
-The audio during the first half of-of ein-ein-stien-stein was-was bad-bad and-and echo-ho-ey-ey. Didn't somebody do a mic check, or at least have a spare mic in case there was a problem?

Game

-Bring back defense, in a 2013ish way, not a 2014ish way (2013 IMHO was the last really good game pre-IRI)
-Don't make autonomus the game deciding (or close to it) factor; this was 2003 all over again, and I don't just mean the use of totes as a game piece.
-Cheesecake in moderation, please. While it was consensual on both ends, I felt the amount of cheesecake was "gluttony" this year, especially during sub-division playoffs.
-Make the endgame where a new ability is added, not removed. While the committers of litter entering penalties should have known better, due to the lack of litter processing by most teams, it was a stupid rule.
-Bring back W-L-T, even if the quarters and semi's are matched up round robin.

Other

-When making big changes to long term strategy, ASK the community, at least those who are known to be knowledgeable and/or experienced (HOF mentors, WFA's, etc.). Sure one can't divulge venue bids and whatnot... but the split championship concept probably wouldn't have seen the light of day (at least in its current form) had such people been consulted before venues were being chosen in the first place.