World Cup shortcomings

[straume]

Tables were fantastic. And that is a rare find!

Also the venue was great, and much much better accoustics (=less noise) than what I have seen in other larger events

[Heff]

My squad was lucky in that way that we were the second to register. We were also lucky to be made up of fairly nice guys so it was no issue to socialise with our opponents and make the most of the down time we had. We all enjoyed our time at the world cup.
So, thank you to everybody who helped organising the event!

Also, this: https://youtu.be/nfWlot6h_JM

Actually, that s a fair point. All of our opponents were awesome, so we just started chatting or playing games while we waited.

Rat ogre bowl forever.

Yeah I spent some time teaching some French guys Ratogre Bowl

[DaImp]

To echo what many are saying, I had a great time at the WC. I appreciate all the efforts Torsten and his team went through to plan the tournament and the huge amount of stress it no doubt put on them when things didn't initially run smoothly. Despite some massive unforeseen challenges you did pull off a successful event!

I think there are some learnings though from the event. Mainly to try keep it a simple as possible. Things like the skill rings, while a good idea and worked perfectly in practice, were not necessary. Having the draw for round one done in advance, again was great to increase hype but it led to big problems when there were drop outs before round one. Is there a better way to handle the 7th player? That also adds complexity that may not be needed.

I have been contemplating if the World Cup needs a central NAF body to run it - responsible for all the tournament details and organization, that can learn and grow from previous events, perfect the software used etc... And then work in conjunction with the host coordinator. That way splitting up and sharing the responsibility of such a massive event.