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That's probably too late, although it would have been a much better solution.

Sounds good, but if there are people opposing the creation 4 extra players for each nation, I can't see them accepting a solution which will create many more every season. It seems like medium nations like Germany are perfectly happy being in limbo (good, but not good enough to win competitions), as long as micros and smaller nations are prevented from catching up even by a fluke.

To me the more competition there is at any level the better and more fun in the game. The BBs and users can't say (without being hypocritical): we want to merge nations because we think more competition between users in their home league is good, but then make the NT level (and possibly the B3 in the future) even less competitive than it is today. If competition is desirable, it applies to every level, so make sure NTs have at least a decent amount of players to pick from OR remove nations who field d3-d4 caliber starters because they can't get worthy trainees.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 7/1/2017 8:45:08 AM

I think merging micros by time zone would be a good idea. It's not like South African users have more in common with Tunisian users than Welsh or Moldovan users.

However it would probably be best that Wales get merged with Ireland, Scotland and England and Moldova gets merged with Romania IF there is a solution for the NTs and for keeping the local communities going.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 7/1/2017 9:01:17 AM

I can't say for sure since the BBs never speak about it, but I've speculated in the past that Africa was chosen simply because it was more convenient. No nations above 16 users, not many time zones, and if they upset everyone in Africa, it wouldn't affect the bottom line.