If anyone could get passionate about GSF it'd be Foote or Pydro. You guys were the head playtesters for that game from the get-go. I can completely understand attention to detail and analyzing tactics with that much experience. I'm somewhat embarrased as a playtester that a lot of the strategy is still well over my head!
We've still only played two games. This is partially because we both need to be at my house to play it (and last weekend, we weren't,because we were at his house), and partially because our first two games lasted around three hours each (give or take - I think the first game may have been slightly longer and the second possibly a little shorter) and melted our brains a bit with all the stuff that needed doing. We did win both times, although we did get one or two of the mechanics wrong in our first game.