Time to make myself unpopular in the 92nd and time to hurt some egos.
Kincaid is actually right on 2 out of 3 points.
1. It is correct to deny 92nd and 55th. The 92nd is unarguably the 2nd best regiment over the last 1,5 years and we are likely the only regiment to have a real shot at beating the 15thYR in any format and with Pieter, we have a leader that minimum matches Gi. And the 55th is an incredible melee stack, the only thing that divides that stack from being the best current regiment is longevity and decent leadership. But even atm the 55th could just yolo charge the 77y and would still make it a 1vs1 between the 92nd and 15thYR.
2. It is correct to allow the 15thYR and 77y teaming up. We don't need to talk about the 15thYR, they are the best regiment and shouldn't team up with another top regiment. But the 77y is no top regiment. In EIC they showed they got some decent wins but in the end, also got heavily clapped when it came to top opponents in a knock-out situation. The regiments consist of 3,4 competitive players, none of them would make it to the Top 15 of the 15thYR, 92nd, or 55th. And yes Gaz is a decent leader (although in my opinion far behind Gi and Pieter in their respective 2021 form) but that is no good argument as he is still in a regiment that is far behind. And you cant forbid a team cause you think they may win. Yes, they are probably the favorites if you would forbid 92nd/55th and 96y/71st but they are the favorites following the rules and doing a good job.
3. But where Kincaid is wrong is allowing the 96y and 71st coalition. The 96y is easily the regiment with the biggest skill difference between GFs and 1vs1, in favor of 1vs1. And it is accurate to name Desant alongside Pieter and Gi, in front of Gaz, when it comes to leading ability. And even the 96y gfing atm looks pretty strong to me. In RGT they were a way harder opponent for the 92nd than the 45thN was. And all of you would consider 45thN a top-tier regiment. And the 71st just made 4th place in RGT so after Kincaid's calculation they should be forbidden with other top regimens. Not even wanna start with the fact 71st is obviously the most annoying regiment to fight in a 1vs1 situation.
As you can easily tell by my comments I am heavily in favor of not allowing stacks. We already have enough stacked shit in the gf teams and regimental scene. No need to ruin the last bit of fun with another unnecessary stacking.
So what happens with the 92nd now? Either we find a cool opponent and can enjoy a clam 2v2 tournament or we don't find a partner and do not participate. Different to the vast majority of the community I believe it is nothing bad to not participate in one of the various spammed tournaments. Although I would feel bad for Kincaid as he in my opinion is the only regimental host that cares to make his tournaments of good quality. But I am sure Chriseh and Marxeil will host a MEIC or MRGL at the end of the year where all of you can stack hard again and live in inner relief.
