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View Poll Results: Kick off vs Ship - Which is more stressfull?
Kick Off - The suspense is killing me. 5 5.10%
Ship Date - Why does it come so fast? 60 61.22%
Neither - I am a cool and collected person. 8 8.16%
Both - I can't control myself. Bring it on! 23 23.47%
Can't decide - Who makes us think this way? 2 2.04%
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Re: Kickoff vs Ship Poll

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Originally Posted by jonathan lall
I don't see how Kickoff can at all be construed as "stressful."
Just try looking at it from a different viewpoint - like that of the folks at FIRST. They have to get everything ready for the kick-off, finish packing the kits, ship out all the materials to the remote kick-off sites, complete the game design, publish the documentation, send out the field drawings, complete all the corporate agreements, confirm registration of all the teams, proofread the game rules for the 1435th time, purchase JVN's birthstone, coordinate the satellie connection for the broadcast, procure all the spare parts that will be needed, prepare to handle the inevitable questions from teams, and about 750 other things. From their standpoint, Kick-off is a masive stress point. Ship date is a walk in the woods in comparison.

(just a gentle reminder not to limit yourself to just one viewpoint - every problem can and should be examined from different angles)

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