I'm agreeing with the person who said to calm down.
It was marc who said that he had 4 WC's, and wouldn't
play another game is WCs were not to be accepted.
I know that I have previously commented in the deft
site that since a WC is not needed to pick 1650 or
2950 nations, they might be worth more by hording
them. I would only use a WC in a FA setup (as you
don't waste 3000 points to anchor your capital).
Laurence commented on him hording the WC, and his
attack on Marc's only considered of the lines 'So your
not self-interested or anything ? Maybe you should get
yourself some friends instead of hording bits of
paper'
The 'self-interested' comment is valid. With 4 WC,
then Marc has a right to have a personal concern over
the WC issue.
The 'hording bits of paper' comment is also valid.
When Marc won the first, and didn't use it when he
played the next game, it didn't imply anything. But
having 4 indicates that he isn't using them when he
played his next game. That implies hording. It also
meant that he has often come first from playing
several random nations - no easy thing to do. Very
impressed.
But then saying 'you have no friends' wasn't called
for, nor could be justified. But its not that bad an
insult. Hey, I've said worse things to laurence myself
(game 29 comes to mind when I said his tactics sucked,
and he was leading the side to an easy defeat. I
walked away before the first turn, rather than play a
game where I was 100% sure we would lose. I've since
found out that his side is now winning. So thats an
oops for me).
The rest of Laurence's letter was normal (he mainly
said that he doesn't consider coming first as useful
as others think it to be).
And as far as I'm aware, Clint has never said that he
would refuse to accept WC's. His only comment is that
all players already use WC when they pick the nation
they want to play. And if players want to use their WC
all at once (like picking the WW in 2950), then it
might take some time to start so many games.
Matt come out swinging for Mark. I assume Mark should
have read marc, but Matt's response is even more
insulting than Laurence. Oh joy. I've seen middle east
battles start them way (ie 'they started it first by
throwing rocks', then 'you started it first by using
guns on the rock throwers', and then 'you then
starting it by snipering on people, and planting
bombs').
At least Ashley comments were nice. They attacked
Laurence's comments, and did so in a positive way.
Very impressed.
I think Clint should accept WC's. But I think Marc
might realise WC's are meaningless if he uses his WC
to pick the Harad in one game, then finds out that in
another game, I've picked the Harad without having to
use a WC.
Nations are allocated on either 'first come, first
serve' in normal games, or 'the team picks who plays
what nation'in grudge games. In team games, then using
WC for picking nations are meaningless. And in normal
games, Clint lets us swap position if the two players
agrees.
Maybe Clint can allow WC to bump a person out of the
first come, first serve position in a normal game ? I
know that if was down for the WW in 2950 (or the harad
in 1650), then I wouldn't mind being bumped out of the
position if someone used a WC.
My last comment - I think we all need to realise that
WC are never going to be givin out for coming first on
points with Harly games.
Oh the joys of seeing people getting so angry 
din
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