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It is by far not a task of population density, number of player base and all that mentioned above. We decided to fight together because we did it in the past and will probably do it in the future. We might name it in another way. When it comes to kickoff rounds all teams got and will get support from befriended countries/nations who were kicked before.
One of the reasons this thread keeps my interest is that we, as a team, can relate to this situation. In fact, our doubts probably have even bigger order of magnitude as there are just much more nations involved and connections are even stronger. It not just the common language we speak. Many of us were basically born in one country.
There are people in our team that currently reside outside Russia. There are ones that are not ethnically Russian. We have representatives of Ukraine, Baltic states or Kazakhstan among others. They are not there as allies even. They just found it natural to be in the only team that represents this mixed community. Still I imagine numbers being noticeably bigger if all those nations were allowed to keep their own flag up while being a part of a bigger team with a chance. I guess it would be fair to allow them that. But would it be fair to other teams if a team made of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan shows up next year?
We've made a choice to try it as Russia this year and see where it brings us. But what you do with your union next year and what organizers of this competition choose to do with cases like this will affect the option we go for next year. So we are kind of watching. And just like your case, it's not as much about numbers and firepower as it is about showing respect to all nations involved and giving them all a chance.
Such list doesn't exist and can't exist for obvious reasons. But while DACH support is very strong, it's not as devastating as USA one for example, so they definitely shouldn't be called out on that, especially as they are a legit team competing in this tournament with permission from organizers. It's not their right to be in 2010 WoF we are discussing here (this one shouldn't be questioned since the tournament started), it's the guidelines for the future.Perhaps somebody could supply a list of the support teams fielded by DACHS. A Main Team can only be a Main Team of x number of players so that makes little difference. You can have as many support teams as you can get. Therein lies the difference and I would like to see those numbers. Point me somewhere if they are listed.




