Disclaimer: This is an editorial piece and is, as such, heavily opinionated. The author might be right - or be a complete douche. You decide.

An inside joke gone wrong

Earlier this week, the long awaited Model F1 podcast finally arrived.

After having been announced 5 weeks ago today, most of us were excited to hear the result of those many weeks of labor. However just a few minutes into the “show”, it was abundantly clear to me that it would not live up to the expectations that had built up.

It sounded more like a 20 minute inside joke between the hosts, than a podcast meant for the Model F1 community.

Have we crossed from humorous to ridiculous?

It can come as no surprise, that we have teams on both end of the spectrum. Some teams are taking this very seriously, and some not so much. And we need both for us to be a successful community. But at some point we seem to have crossed the line between being funny and making jokes, to being ridiculous and being a joke.

For me, that point was the podcast.

It was one of the most cringe-worthy experiences I’ve had in a while, and I’m sorry for anyone who actually put genuine work into it. I’m sure it started out with the best of intentions, but somewhere along the way, it lost it’s sense of direction and purpose.

Where do we want to go?

Model F1 is at a crossroads. Should we continue down our current path, and let go of all our constraints? Go all out crazy? Or should we bring back a little professionalism and realism to the community?

Enough of the drama and bullshit, and let’s get some actual role play going. We can have plenty of excitement and banter without sinking to levels so ridiculous that even writers of soap operas think it’s over the top.

// Regards, a concerned citizen