Should the FFR Official Tournament Only Use New Files?

[TC_Halogen]

To make things a bit simple and less jaded, I'll explain it clearly.

- The current queue right now is down to 29 files. This seems like a lot, but this number is severely dwindled from what it was before, because the batch of judgments has been stalled for quite some time due to judge inactivity. Because of this, the game management team on the batch side opened up judgment applications to get new simfile judges to potentially fill in the void caused by numerous judges retiring.

- The judgment situation has actually been stalled for a while. The concept of adding judges to the team was something that was mentioned multiple times (we're talking back far enough to when I had just barely taken game management), but it never came to fruition. While there is progress, we don't know exactly how long it will take to not only complete the acquisition of simfile judges, but also to get enough of them to the point where a batch can be completed and the high-quality files extrapolated.

- Internalizing files is basically intaking files without going through the formal batch process. Files have been internalized in the official tournaments since the 6th official, because it is exceptionally difficult to fill all slots through conventional means. In almost all cases, the missing files were near the end of a high-level division, although the 10th official was anomalous in that internal files were used over multiple divisions in random spots.

- I will not withdraw what I said about the community being spoiled, because that is my personal opinion and I have stated that multiple times with regards to divisions as well, but that is well outside of the scope of this discussion. The community needs to realize that at this current moment, content is at a crippling low with no potential fallback. Utilizing all new files for a tournament requires 56 brand new files minimally, not assuming any fallback for the numerous potentials for tiebreakers, and the fact that you're going to want to have content to release immediately afterward when the song is over. FFR went four weeks without a single song due to my negligence once before, but I actually did have songs available to turn things around thanks to batch timing. This is looking a bit more dangerous and potentially long lasting if things don't turn up soon.

EDIT:

I don't think many of the people here can make informed decisions, and therefore probably shouldn't be making the decisions, and you're getting mad at, what appears to be simple ignorance.

Not going to refer what I tactlessly responded to Gradiant as "simple ignorance."