No time to go through the eight pages of overnight posts in detail, only scan them (I should be on fucking holiday today... Grrrr) so can someone please summarise the fallout from the car club clusterfuck and what the hell is now happening?
I've no idea what is going on. Are Euro-GAF and Aus-GAF still at a disadvantage because we don't have the game yet? Because of cancelling holidays and needing to work I'm unlikely to get my game before Saturday now, and maybe even Monday (I assume the LE won't fit through my letterbox so I'll need to collect it from the post office). Seems the original criteria was first come, first served, and if you don't have the game yet because of where you live, then too bad. Surely that was an ill-conceived and badly flawed system with predictably bad results. Did nobody think ahead?
While scanning the last few pages I did see some random messages from people who were accepted into the club and have already been kicked. That must feel pretty shitty. I feel really sorry for those guys. This situation should never have been allowed to happen.
When we all started discussing the NeoGAF car club several months ago it seemed like a simple and exciting community tool with fantastic social possibilities, but (before the game has even completed its worldwide launch) the club appears to have led to chaos, infighting and alienation, and must have left some GAFfers feeling like social rejects. That's a real shame, and is the absolute antithesis of everything a club should stand for.
I've absolutely no idea if my name is even on any of the multitude of lists any more, but due to recent events (and at this current post-dawn pre-coffee moment) I don't mind admitting that my excitement and enthusiasm for the car club has taken a bit of a bashing. I'll probably feel differently once I get my actual hands on the game but at the moment I'm just saddened by the way things have transpired.
Anyway, must get back to work. Keep having fun with the game those of you lucky enough to have it (you jammy bastards).
EDIT: Just read what I wrote and I just want to make it clear that I'm not having a go at the admin/ organisers of the club - it's a thankless task for which they volunteered. I certainly wouldn't welcome the hassle or responsibility. We all should really have agreed between ourselves the membership citeria in advance and stuck to it to avoid the rapid accept/reject/kick cycle we now appear to be in. I guess the problem was, nobody really thought (based on pre-release Forza-GAF forum traffic) that the club would be as over-subscribed as it currently is.
GJ Guys!! Nice Photos.
