Also, you cant divide dmers between clans lol. thats like saying L_Clan cant play together because they have too many strong players and they need to be moved into other teams(or any clan with 2 or more elite/top players)... i dont understand why that's a poll option ....
Of course the combination of both yes votes is the total yes figure...
And let's face it, if this was a regular, non $$$ RM tourney DMers wouldnt be suddenly coming out of the woodwork and posting on AoCZone for the first time in years, or maybe ever, to object to DM not being added.
The whole team/clans based aspect tournaments is very intriguing (the whole "you're part of a team with fellow players")
The truth is, everybody is afraid of Nola the brazilian french dm-rm professional, it's just how it is, no point in denying it. He is the new ralber, soon to be pro at everything :shock:
And just so people don't think I'm arguing against DM to favor my clan: I've had a few offers from people plus we have players who are willing and able to learn DM and can probably play it at a high level given their recent playing form as well as past experience. It would be arrogant to think we could take on the best DMers but if DM were indeed a part of this we would make a respectable showing.
I don't even think it should be up to donors. When you donate to UNICEF or some other charity you don't tell them you want some kid to have new shoelaces instead of clean water, you give money and you let the organization decide.
This opinion poll was an opinion poll, nothing more, nothing less. If you look at Karl's original post it never said "the results of this poll will be our decision" in fact he said that it was just going to help them make their decision.
I think in spite of the historical argument (and in fairness, the recent history is that there is none) I don't think there be DM in WCL7. For me it's an issue of that it's going to be a limited number of games and I want to see the most made of it. How long have we all been waiting for this? If a group stage is 4 games then don't you want to see all of those RM? If you make it a home map then it gives too big an advantage to the teams that use it as their home map. If it's a home map then who's going to take the time to train on DM or else recruit DMers? Only the teams that do use it as a home map.
And just so people don't think I'm arguing against DM to favor my clan: I've had a few offers from people plus we have players who are willing and able to learn DM and can probably play it at a high level given their recent playing form as well as past experience. It would be arrogant to think we could take on the best DMers but if DM were indeed a part of this we would make a respectable showing.
With all that said, I really don't want DM or any other game type included in WCL7.