Personally, I'm not too keen on the FAs. My FS has some people that are, which is fine as long as they don't try and get others to push. So, it's a laid back approach handled very nicely by two members. Everyone in the FS knows we normally do all of the 1st two maps and important side spots on the third, (except this time with the increased badge requirements we went simple) then jump into the pit. As a result, it's not too stressful and doesn't take over chat. Well, except for the time in the pit. Then it's "Shorts, Longs, Jewels" over and over punctuated with the "Anyone have some brews?" or such. Everyone who has opted-in is waited for and those not interested know it isn't a problem to not participate. As always, what's the point if you aren't having fun?
We do wish the prizes were better (I think that's just being human), though keeping the artifacts from the previous event is important since there is always a few people (myself included) that may need just 1 or 2 more artifacts. It just seems like having another decent building would be a good thing too, especially with the increase of badges by 50%. Man, but we can be hard to please.
does my vote really count? Does it?
It made me smile. That counts for me.