Hello,
First, the topic : personally I do not feel Elephants need a boost with a General, and the (as yet uncountered) arguments of Badhabum strike me as common sense : a human can not lead an elephant by example. Pics or it did not happen.
Now, if players of Nellies (which, for full disclosure, I am not) feel cheated, which would be perfectly legitimate, and therefore it is considered that things should be modified and rules destabilized, then KISS seems the only common sense approach.
Second the discussion : Holy Mother of whatever, what is wrong with some of you people? Here I thought we could have a constructive, argued for, respectful discussion between adults, in your language mind you ... Is this the best that can be produced, snide remarks, deformed comments and veiled insults?
Now some of you might not be aware of the full extent of the discontent on the continent, but for the sake of transparency let's air all of this : the proposed modifications did not, as should be clear enough from what has been written here for the past month, go down easily on the continent, and the constructive remarks were taken into account, it has to be noted.
That was fortunate, given that we were (and in many ways still are) on the verge of irremediable dissensions, the main culprit for this being the perceived arrogance, passive agression and all-around nastiness of some people, a highly controversial topic that the last few comments do nothing to rebuke. Now, being a perception, it might of course be subjective, but saying that does not make it wrong, only actions can change a perception. At some point, anyone will be fed up with the kind of reception presently displayed.
What was already said to some and that I feel should be clear to everyone is this :
The reality we face is not the same as in the UK : less players willing to invest in 15mm armies, paint them and then learn that the army they gathered is now modified beyond what they wanted to play. Our community is small, and although some instrumental people permit it to thrive thanks to their commitment to organize, incentive and communicate, we have seen an haemorrhage of players for the past few years (20 to 30%) who, when asked, mentioned rules instability as the primary, if not sole, reason for quitting.
In this context, some (fortunately still few) are clamoring for a definitive freeze on the 2023 lists! Let us call it as it is : we are facing a schism of biblical proportions, and only the selfless dedication of these aforementioned players, including coming to explain that on this forum, keeps it at bay.
So now let me ask you this: do you really feel that these circumstances call for the kind of talking we have witnessed, towards mind you one the 3 pillars of continental MeG?
I think it would behoove us all to raise above this kind of pettiness and keep with civil discourse between adults respectful of each other.
Best,
Antoine
