I kinda agree with Erik here in that regiments picking players and forcing their opposition to put large numbers of players to spectator is quite an unsporting thing to do. The main example that shown this to me was our final round against the DCL where DragonKing put Corentin to spectator, forcing us to balance when Corentin was sitting in spectator the entire time. I'm sure Corentin was dissapointed not getting to play but also poor Jesu on our side who had to go spectator. My words went right through DragonKing's head as well after pointing it out, he just wanted us to balance and fair enough it's part of the rules since they were at 10 men but it's certainly really unsporting and dissapointing having to choose someone who has dedicated a large portion of their night to go spectator rather than play. 1 round is 1 round but they still last quite a while against heavies hence our match being around 2 hour and 50 minutes long. Not that going to 10 men mattered since we won the final round so it was just a complete waste with less players getting to play in an otherwise fun and intense match.
Another point that would've been nice to discuss was the rule change to the points system. I personally agree with the new one but the way it was changed with only the input of around 3/4 people and then the conversation deleted without discussion from all regiment leaders isn't exactly very open especially since it can heavily change how the tournament works in the first place.
I'd like to remid that such tournament isn't about the numbers, but quality of the regiment lol. Seems like some of you forgot this.
Also, congrats to Stephan and Shadey! I wouldn't expect that cav community will expirience such a competition anymore, but fortunately I was wrong. Big thanks to the admins, referees and everyone who participated! See ya on ze Bannerlord in 10 years x)
I'm of the opinion that it's a mix of both numbers and quality that matters for these type of tournaments since you want to have a competitive fight against good players(hence the quality) but also have good numbers that can make it difficult for even the best of individual players in nw to carry. Nothing wrong with having lower numbers if you can't bring too many like say in the 2Lr's case but if you can like with the 4e, nr4 and 8th I don't see why the DCL were different especially considering your 57 man steam group.
Either way this tournament was enjoyable and I appreciate Shadey and Stephan for hosting it and everyone else involved! Also gg to the DCL for winning and our match personally I enjoyed it a lot despite the criticism above