WoF Best Moments... and next year

[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by Eps

Rule I disliked:

People can hunt for countries they are not part of at all. It should be limited to something like "Born in the country, or currently living in the country".

The random countries that were created with members that clearly were not born/from that country, let alone ever actually been there seriously undermines WoF. Next year more people will just form a group and choose a random warzone or uninhabited island to represent.

Yeah agreed, there's a bit of a danger it ends up becoming a soc-tournament instead. Its tricky though as there's no immediately obvious way that Hurrikane can verify each avatar's nationality/location. I guess some sort of IP test could be set up to do it, I don't know.

I think just having Eudoria and Amethera for tradition's sake is OK and keeps the option open for some people who don't want to represent their country for whatever reason, to be able to play without representing someone else. But I think that's enough, too many and the tournament would lose some of the national rivalries which added to the atmosphere of the tournament (OK, excluding the little falling out France and England had perhaps ).

[Oracle]

Originally Posted by Eps

Rule I disliked:

People can hunt for countries they are not part of at all. It should be limited to something like "Born in the country, or currently living in the country".

The random countries that were created with members that clearly were not born/from that country, let alone ever actually been there seriously undermines WoF. Next year more people will just form a group and choose a random warzone or uninhabited island to represent.

Yeah I didn't like this either...especially when I saw how bloody good Tibet were!

[Theren Strange]

I had some great fun throughout each stage, the funniest moment for me and i really cracked up when it happened, was in stage two when our team were hunting the all elusive goki, it was so frustrating being swarmed by traxies all the time without a goki to be found, we couldnt find the buggers anywhere then Jimmy thought the red dot at the top of a huge hill was one lone goki so he spent like forever getting up there just to suddenly materialise in front of that elusive red dot - an araneatrox

I think my fav moment had to be getting the trooper hof, i felt so bad not getting any globals after 2 .5 hrs hunting them it was such a huge releif to both walk away with a nice stack of ped and to give the team those points.

Originally Posted by Eps

Rule I disliked:

People can hunt for countries they are not part of at all. It should be limited to something like "Born in the country, or currently living in the country".

I think this would be impossible to police.

what i do think however is once you 'sign' for a team you shouldnt be able to play for any other, support included.

[Dusk]

1. What were your favourite Moblists/Stages?
The final.

2. What Mob did you learn to hate?
Can't remember the name but it was on an early round support list. They flew and were located near Oshiri.

3. Did you learn anything new from the WoF?
New locations for a few mobs.

4. Has your Friend List increased?
Most definitely.

5. Has anyone done really well from the WoF?
Not financially, no. But soc mates did take to calling me "Champion" for my role with the England support team, so in that sense maybe I have!

6. Did you dislike any of the Rules?
As others have said, there was a danger of it becoming a society or friendlist event rather than a nations event.

7. How do you think it was managed?
Very well. The only gripe for me was the repeated late starts for matches.

[dj.]

LOL Theren, he kept that one quiet

Dusk, Im thinking Tsk

[Dusk]

Originally Posted by dj.

Dusk, Im thinking Tsk

Yep, that's the one.

Drove me nuts, they did.

[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by dj.

LOL Theren, he kept that one quiet

Yeah I forgot that Tere but you're right it was a hilarious moment. We needed a few of them that day too, that was one seriously frustrating hunt we had. A bit later I also had an episode where I kept tp'ing on top of the damn things, seem to remember causing Arto to die from one of them too.

And yeah that HoF was pretty sweet. First week we got Bobby's 4k Hiryuu, second week you got the 4k Trooper for the same team, would have been awesome to clean up with a 4k Globster in the final week!

[Dark Cat]

Originally Posted by Theren Strange

I think this would be impossible to police.

what i do think however is once you 'sign' for a team you shouldnt be able to play for any other, support included.

I believe that, depending on the level of MA's involvement on this when they become an official sponsor, they may be able to police it themselves...after all they have everyone's address.

But I do agree there is a very real danger of a bunch of "Ubers" getting together, calling themselves after a little known country just for the sake of winning, and thus ruining what is supposed to be an international touranment.

I still really really wanna know why anyone would actively decide that they DONT wanna support there own country....I honestly can see no reason why someone would be ashamed of fighting for that. I would love to hear a reason from anyone that joined the 4 fake teams this year, or joined a country that wasn't there own while there's was still recruiting.

[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by Dark Cat

I still really really wanna know why anyone would actively decide that they DONT wanna support there own country....I honestly can see no reason why someone would be ashamed of fighting for that. I would love to hear a reason from anyone that joined the 4 fake teams this year, or joined a country that wasn't there own while there's was still recruiting.

Well, in the final there were avatars from England pk'ing the England support teams hunting Mulmun in the final hehe. The patriotism thing isn't for everyone I guess. But it is part of the WoF so I would like to see some way of limiting the made-up teams.

[Hurrikane]

Originally Posted by Jimmy B

Well, in the final there were avatars from England pk'ing the England support teams hunting Mulmun in the final hehe. The patriotism thing isn't for everyone I guess. But it is part of the WoF so I would like to see some way of limiting the made-up teams.

Not everyone likes their country of birth; some even hate the way their countries are run. I hate the way most countries are run The only one that truly seemed above the crap was Tibet, and now they've been annexed

I think as long as there are governments that make decisions we hate, there will be a need to support others in order to feel proud of your involvement. Those who love their country should surely outweigh such non-patriots, especially if your country is one of the "good" ones, yes? If not, that's a reflection of the trust your players have in their rulers, and perhaps even reason to doubt your own loyalties if the majority says no to the call of your flag?

I saw Tibet racing towards the Final and did think it amazing that a team with no real patriotic support to call on did so well; although the well-oiled pack of Ubers at the fore had much to do with this

I predict next year will be won by a real team from a real country. One year might see a non-resident team win, maybe it'll happen more than once; but national pride's a bigger draw than most things, so really the patriots of the WoF should be in the Final most years.

Hurrikane