Yeah, it’s a “mystery” alright, and it sure wasn’t helped by the livestream. Forty-five minutes of blather trying to hype the new event and in the end EA didn’t even complete a thorough walkthrough. So here we sit wondering how the heck it all works.
There’s a staggering level of incompetence on display at EA right now. This is basic stuff and anyone who has given a presentation at school or at work knows it’s the sort of thing you iron out through rehearsal instead of winging it live and embarrassing yourself. And to be fair to the stream host, the developers set the poor guy up in a terrible scenario where he’s got to try and talk while he wins a match (AND hits the bonus requirements) in order to complete the walkthrough. Horrible planning. And the whole sorry affair begs two pretty basic questions: (A) Why is EA wasting our time on a livestream making us watch the host play a match (badly) while he makes small talk? (B) Why is the audience’s ability to see the rest of the event layout contingent on the host winning (and jumping through hoops like completing 15 dribbles!)? You guy’s programmed the game for crying out loud! Just make it so he automatically advances so we can receive the full walkthrough and not sit twiddling our thumbs while the host does TWO things POORLY (talk and play a match) instead of ONE thing WELL (provide an event walkthrough).