IAHM-COL wrote:Summarizing:
Option 1: IH-COL, Maverick, Simbambin, KL-666, Legoboyvdlp, MiG29Pilot , KIWI34 (7)
Option 2: JWocky (1)
Some other opinion? explain
I'm torn now. Here are my thoughts.....
"Forcing" non-Europe: I think the logic behind "forcing" a non-European event is a good. The only alternative to that which would satisfy that same goal is to simply go top-down on the results of the poll but once you've chosen an area you can't pick the same continent for the next. For example;
1. Winner: Scandinavia
2. Runner-up: The UK
3. Carribbean
4. Italy
5. US East Coast
etc
in such a scenario it'd be Scandinavia followed by the Carribbean. Two continents. If the list had been reversed then it'd have been the US followed by Italy (different continents).
At any rate, I think adding yet another alternative is probably counterproductive at this point. I just think we should be open to changing this in the future. As I said before, "tradition" requires more than doing something once, or even twice. We could create it for sure, but "tradition" is an argument I don't like.
FSWeekend: I gotta tell 'ya, I just don't really find it a compelling argument to involve it. I don't oppose having it on the same day at all, that's all fine by me - UNLESS we could get more people participating in the FG festival if the dates were different. I'm assuming the FSWeekend people are good people, so their presence would surely be nice, no? Apart from that I honestly don't really care. I find it to be a parameter of little value.
Same place every year: Meh.... Let's find new places. I actually agree (partially) with those saying that a festival can bring more buildings and future players to a 'neglected' area. I don't think it has to be a bad thing that ATCs will have to learn new procedures etc, in fact, it seems people are very willing to do it. My only concern, as I mentioned, is choosing an area that is very undeveloped, counting on people to create objects (airports) for it, and they then can't make the deadline. Then we'd be stuck with a 'wasteland'. So that's why I've been in favor of at least semi-developed areas with interesting geographical features.