porkynator
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I agree that they should be official.
I see Mark's point, but I don't think it is such a bad thing. True, sometimes you have to sacrifice either a good mean (for a chance of getting a faster single/winning) or, vice versa, a good single. But, on the other hand, you can choose what strategy to apply and which of the two goals to pursue - that's better than having only one goal! Moreover, this gives room to new strategies. For example, you may approach your last solve like this: start memorizing fast, so that you don't give up the chance of a good single; but then, if the scramble turns out to be hard, review your memo and do it safer.
I don't think the "all-event-club" should prevent us from changing the format. That's an unofficial thing, even more unofficial than BigBLD means - at least they have a spot in WCA's website. If those people who have completed all events want to keep their title, they should just practice and get a mean
One last point. More than "not changing the game", I would argue that introducing BigBLD means can be good for us, for the simple reason that they would incentivize organizers to hold BigBLD in the Bo3 format (with cumulative cutoffs), instead of Bo2. This means more attempts, provided that you are fast enough.
I see Mark's point, but I don't think it is such a bad thing. True, sometimes you have to sacrifice either a good mean (for a chance of getting a faster single/winning) or, vice versa, a good single. But, on the other hand, you can choose what strategy to apply and which of the two goals to pursue - that's better than having only one goal! Moreover, this gives room to new strategies. For example, you may approach your last solve like this: start memorizing fast, so that you don't give up the chance of a good single; but then, if the scramble turns out to be hard, review your memo and do it safer.
I don't think the "all-event-club" should prevent us from changing the format. That's an unofficial thing, even more unofficial than BigBLD means - at least they have a spot in WCA's website. If those people who have completed all events want to keep their title, they should just practice and get a mean
One last point. More than "not changing the game", I would argue that introducing BigBLD means can be good for us, for the simple reason that they would incentivize organizers to hold BigBLD in the Bo3 format (with cumulative cutoffs), instead of Bo2. This means more attempts, provided that you are fast enough.