ArnoldRimmer
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- Feb 5, 2021
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The system was unnecessarily byzantine, even pre-covid, but I think it’s telling that this particular problem seems specific to US WAG. It’s a consequence of two things really, the federation being in such disarray at the time the series began and nobody else except US WAG feeling sufficiently guaranteed to qualify two individuals through the AA and continental routes that they’d actually want to prevent EF qualification. That’s a very specific and unusual set of circumstances and neither of those issues would’ve necessarily gone away with a better designed individual selection process.