What is a Continental Championship Qualifier?

Ankha wrote: [t means that the NCs handle the organization within the established tournament rules.Rules and organization are two distinct domains.

Not your department? No problem. Still no firm regulation and as of right now the NC could any number of qualifiers.

Follow-up question: How would I put forward a notion to change how qualifiers are handled and organized? Who would be the right VEKN official to talk to?

MarcusVitel wrote: Not your department? No problem. Still no firm regulation and as of right now the NC could any number of qualifiers.

Like Anhka said previously, the number of qualifiers has been limited to 1 (or two for geographic reasons) per country. This has worked really well for as long as VEKN has been going around so I am astonished by your enthusiasm to change this tradition!

In similar vein, there is only one National Championships per country per year.


It would be helpful if you do have examples where the current system has not worked well. This can be augmented by sharing us insight how the unlimitless Qualifiers work better.

Presently, if this matter is brought up at the EC's NC meeting, I see little reason (EDIT: not] to be a Traditionalist, vote against it and say that we move on to the next matter so we can get the bloody meeting done with and get on to actual things that matter (=boozing, comradeship and playing some fun casual games of VTES. And probably some other games too). Them bloody meetings always tend to drag on and on and on. Zzzzzzz...

Lönkka wrote: [I am astonished by your enthusiasm to change this tradition!

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to change anything. I am trying to make the point that certain things in this organization are more guidelines, informal consensus and urban mythology than actual formalized standards and the qualifier my example.

If we have topic A in the rules and we make see an official announcement that now X is happening at A, while we don't even have a definition of A in the rules I think that needs to be formalized.

Well, I think I am done here. If the NCs feel the need to discuss a subject as unimportant as this during their meeting I would be surprised. Thanks!!

Representing only myself here.
This is not Official Thoughts of Each And Every NC (TM) on the matter.

yeah, i'm confused as to why the sudden and intense interest at a perceived gap in the rules and stuff that doesn't appear to come up that often.