what are the considerations behind the curtains??
countries like poland, italy or germany have been mentioned ...
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also, i am thinking of changing the whole procedure, which was always quite enduring fior me. lets face the facts: for the last years we always knew BEFORE the applications and votings which country will be the host. was it ever different in the past??
so why not get accustomed to this and make it a task for the COE to find a proper host. the best moment to have a look into this is at current worlds. after all, thats exactly what we have been doing anyway.
what do you think??
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another consideration of mine was, to skip the qualifier tourney at friday totally. IMO there would be many benefits:
- no need to get the infos from the councils, who won nationals
- no need for the players to ask, if they get a slot
- non local players go to worlds being assured, that they will actually play the worlds tourney.
- no limiting of the playfield, while we should be happy to have as many players as possible
there might be one thing problematic:
more than 32 players would demand a sixth round.
well, first i would be delighted to be in such a situation
then, i wouldnt mind to play "only" 5 rounds even with a number of up to 40 players, since we are having a top 4 finals anyway.
and i might even prefer a sixth round to ahving a handful of players not being allowed to participate.
