01/11 update: Both events are delayed but actors remain in a dead heat. The future winner is more unclear than ever.
Falcon Heavy was supposed to do a static 27-engine test fire today but the test was scrubbed due to a small issue with one of the eight launch clamps. The completed rocket has appeared on the launch pad multiple times in vertical fashion
https://i.redd.it/owo7wd0yr4901.jpg. Launch date is now expected to be no sooner than Jan 26th but further delays are expected.
WA 3.8 appears to be proceeding nominally. Team 17 has been contacted to initiate their quality testing and release process. Beta builds with near-full functionality are rumored to exist in limited private circulation. Work on additional feature(s) continues whilst Team 17 drags their feet in responding to that initial contact. Release date is unknown at this point but the climate feels right. The forums have been electric with official comments and player speculation the likes of which has not been seen for years.
Both events spring promise to usher the fields of their respective subjects into a new age of higher cadence and accelerated public interest after long periods of stagnation. In this epic arms race of struggle and glory neither party wants to end up with the metaphorical egg on their face. Only time will return spectators' rear ends to their chairs, from where above of which they currently remain suspended.
The poll remains open in light of the continuing developments.... feel free to update your predictions.
