That comment doesn't surprise me.
That was a joke, to clarify. Despite being on the internet for most of my adult life, I still forget things don't translate well to text.
That being said, I would rather see hard and fast restrictions on datasheets or super heavies in the future rather than the current shame-based enforcement. As we've seen, everyone has different ideas of what would be appropriate for this sort of event. Having very clear limits would give you the feel you're looking for without putting players in an odd position where they may offend you with their army choices despite having the freedom to make them.
Everything is fine and legal. No restrictions on models, other than they have to get approval from Kevin.
I am happy if people are happy. If people want to bring giant things that they've spent time on, great. They probably deserve to. I won't be offended by much. The people capable of bringing giant models are the people most in touch with our "idea" and "desired feel". They're probably pretty in touch with what the rest of their team is bringing too. Having that ability and info, it's on them to do what they want to do. I think asking those people to use their best judgement is reasonable.
We've been put in a bizarre position with respect to restrictions based on the number of people playing vs. number of people we were aiming for.
When dealing with one table, no real restrictions is definitely a better policy than trying to micro manage things in a hard, fast way. If people want to do very un-fun things, like bringing 15 Pulsa Rockets, I'm going to tell them to think of something else. I don't think anyone can legitimately argue against something like that.
In a perfect world I'd see a game similar to year one, where a titan or two were around, a pylon, a handful of baneblades, a giant demon with an axe the size of a landspeeder, tons and tons of codex stuff, etc. *I* think it makes for a more fun game. Obviously people have different opinions and ideas. We want to make sure almost all of those opinions has a place.
I guess it's sort of like how I'd prefer to play in a multiplayer game of Magic where Kokusho and other instant win, kill everyone combos are left at home. *I* think it makes for a more fun game. Some people love that stuff though...
Do we last minute ban / restrict Kokusho and every other card or combo like it and listen to people endlessly complain about this and that, or do we just ask people to leave that sort of stuff at home and hope that the people who it actually applies to decide to play nice?
The options are:
1) Ban / restrict stuff and listen to people complain.
2) Don't ban or restrict anything and ask (the very few) people to cooperate (as defined by them).
3) Not worry about anything and risk seeing a goofy looking board or sending a person or few home extremely unhappy.
I'd much rather people think I'm a carebear, douche bag, idiot, ego-maniac, wishy-washy, retard, asshole, or whatever vs. have a weird looking table or send a new / casual player home with a bad taste in his mouth because he paid 50 bucks, gave up a Saturday in June, and had a miserable experience with a game he's interested in. That's terrible for the game, terrible for the mood in the room, terrible for the future of the Megabattle, and terrible for the business.
Do I think any of this will happen? Nope.
Am I wasting my time writing this? Probably.
