My thinking was based on the (clearly) wrong perception that pier 1 teams would play pier 1 teams etc.I don't see how it will put any more same race games in than it would before. With nations taking different line up of races there is even less chance.
The discussion on what team belongs at what pier is another issue.
This goes together with my thoughts on bigger piers (as they are easier to agree upon).
I think that the only race most will agree on is superior to others are the WE.
There will be discussions as to whether Dwarves, Orcs, Lizzies, Skaven or UD should be placed where and probably even CD, Norse and amazon too.
One major issue is that this will completely randomise the individual competition. As it is now, the best performing players will meet up (more likely) and that is how it should be IMO.This was another reason why I feel the player match ups each round would be better randomised like the first few eurobowls were.
What I meant was that the smaller nations, who already have trouble finding 8 players, might get a hard time getting someone to play races they are very unlikely to even win one game with.You also stated that forcing a more wide range of races to be taken may make it harder for some nations to get a team together. The current system with the better 8 races being taken somewhat forces each nations hand to a degree on who takes what. I understand that someone said they would only go if they could play goblins this year (last minute replacement) though the current england team was picked based on who could play with what race in the first place, as were some other nations I assume.
I am not even sure I´d play a team I don´t expect to get 4 pts with.
We all play to have fun ofcourse, but we also play to win - as a team and on the individual level.
As thus I like the idea, but I fear it will weaken the tournament form.
Perhaps it would be better if you weren´t forced to pick too many lousy teams?
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