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@Chezakalwe You need to be locked in for an hour+ to get enough points to make qualification worthwhile. Doing that at 2/3/4 am every Sunday morning for 3 months (and one of the tournaments will be held a day later) is a huge disadvantage relative to European and NCSA players.

Reactions to this are entirely expected but nonetheless disappointing. Some very talented players from Europe will miss out on qualification. But, the discussion shows how blind many Europeans are to the advantages they have. "Small" brain dump incoming (10 pieces):

This is the most disappointing part to me because the top guys outside of Europe deserve a lot more respect than what is afforded to them. That's literally all we are asking for. Unfortunately, some people refuse to look past the flag next to their names.

3) You can be critical and frustrated over the slot allocation or regional rules while still being respectful to other regions. The game has changed a lot since Nix and Phegley were invited to TMGL:C 4 years ago, but the public treatment of players globally has stayed the same.

Just gonna throw this back out there since we're guaranteed AT LEAST 5 NCSA players making EWC... *cough*

@AIRGabbo Only using LANs in Europe and online tournaments that start at 4PM CET doesn't give everyone an equal chance to qualify

Finally Trackmania is having a global competition and most of the replies on this are exactly what not to do to make the scene grow. I've been playing this game for a long time and I agree that most skilled players are europeans.

@nixotica Having regional qualifiers is good, but also think that numbers are a bit odd. Personally it feels like they first decided every region should get one slot, realized NA/SA/OCE are better regions than MENA and Asia, then 2x/3x those regions instead of scaling it all to Europe.

Personally I'm against this (throwback to TMGLC 2021); theres a reason for the ENC. Nonetheless this is a big opportunity for some NCSA players so I'm also looking forward to seeing what our side of the pond can do! The past 2 years we've seen some closing the skill gap.

For any orgs looking to sign @Trackmania players from the Americas for @EWC_EN, I've made up a short guide to explain all the main tournaments @TrackmaniaNCSA & others host in the region.

@HorchataRob I think we’ve talked about this but my completed sci-fi recs for audiobooks Mercy of Gods Red Rising Series (a beautiful Scottish man narrates this)

Audiobook Completed List: (Im driving 2hrs a day now)

@HorchataRob Ummm no? This is how you think of yourself?

@also_cd Wow. Is that how you think of me

Mhm my love langangue? Guilt. I love guilting people mhmm

@XLRB_ Anything less is a waste of space

I love how coffee is the only drink that has to be at the absolute tippy top of my cup full