"Cmon Guys, how hard is it to play the game? "
Well according to recent history, a degree of difficulty of anywhere between 0 and 9 depending on fleet and how rabid the board/checkers are.
More and more are turning commands down.
Maybe it is a different mindset or maybe the system is so out of control they just don't want to deal with it. Either way the mere fact that you acknowledge with your "play the game" statement that you are required to be someone you are not in the course, and will morph back into your "old" self after the course seems to indicate there is a problem, no?