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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
Now for my view on Step-Gate- Personally I think its weird for ZTA to hire a AKA chapter to train them to compete in a step show BUT I believe that it CAN'T exclusively be a D9 thing anymore because of the pop culture mainstreaming of it in recent years. It's in the public domain, pop culture world now. I find it funny that a lot of people are ragging on ZTA when they should be railing against the AKA chapter that taught them the moves in the first place.
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I think this point has been made before but this is the first time I've felt like it was well said.
I'm really on the fence about this issue, probably because I'm a Zeta, but still. Not being a member of BGLO, I can't say I understand the origins behind stepping, the unofficial rules, etc. However, since stepping is somewhat of a mainstream thing now, and in this particular competition there were very little rules (it seems that way anyway) and not judged by anyone in a BGLO, ZTA won fairly in terms of the rules set forth. But, I do agree with the statement brought up by another GCer on the ZTA thread that in light of all this discussion surrounding their win this year, they should make every effort to create an original routine and really bring it next year.
ETA: And for the record, I do not agree with Sprite's decision to have AKA share the title with ZTA, especially after so long after the competition concluded. If I were AKA, I'd be upset and not all that vindicated.