WAR SEASON II: Discussion

[Aberforth]

I do understand how everyone is feeling toward the number of members some teams have. After all, I purposely joined a team that had fewer members instead of a larger team where I would have probably felt more confortable.

However, some people seem not to understand the whole point of this event. I may be new around here, but, as I understand it, WAR is supposed to encourage community growth and forum activity. It is a fun event for everyone to gather as teams and compete in friendly activities. Such events bring the best out of everybody. It is not only about winning.

For instance, the Ancient Olympic Games were closely linked to the religious festivals of the cult of Zeus, but were not an integral part of a rite. Indeed, they had a secular character and aimed to show the physical qualities and evolution of the performances accomplished by young people, as well as encouraging good relations between the cities of Greece.

Sure, winning is fun and I will bloody do anything I can to make sure my team triumphs, but seing everyone collaborate is truly great. I had never seen that on another forum before. It is great to see some teams coming up with banners and userbars to convince more members to join them. It is really creative. It feels like pre-war (IRL) propaganda.

And while it would have been a good idea to have a relative maximum of members in a team from the beginning, I think it would be unfair to ask some people to leave their team and too confusing to see people going around switching teams. Furthermore, changing the rules a mere three weeks before the end of the registration period would be a mess. I see only to possible options: either we leave things as the are and keep these recommendations for next year or we start the registration process with a relative maximum of members in a team over from the beginning and push back the beginning of the events.