Alright first of all its really nice to see so many managers posting their comments about where we should take WCC. I'm with majority of long term managers that the forum will not be the same without WCC. When i took over WCC its was the generally comment i got from most people who have been involved in the game in the past. CW and WCC go hand and in hand, in some ways the place wont be the same without the sim.
But realistically we have to look at a logical way we can keep the game running. The biggest error i think i made was trying to just take off from where Simon and Blewy left it. There been a lot of significant changes since they were running the game and i didn't take that into consideration.
I don't think its possiable to keep the game running with 24 teams. For two reasons, one being the time it takes to sim matches. Really its a 2nd job running this game and need a lot of spare time. When I first started I had that time, but now probably not, some times real life does take over. If we only had say 6-12 sides it would be lot easier to manage time to sim matches. Also pool of managers isn't high enough to run the game with 24 sides, there just not enough managers coming through. In short we basically need to start from beginning.
I know a lot of newer managers are calling for new teams and starting the player pool again. But I think one of things that makes the game it is for older managers is that you feel personally connection with your players. It will take a lot of from the game for older managers if they had to start with new teams. If and when it does start again i think we should keep some of same sides and then filter around the other players. Similar to what happened when we went from 36 sides to 24 sides.
Where to from now. I think taking a break is the best option. As some others have mentioned the game has become very repetitive and seems to be going through the motions. How long should this break be is the big question. If i keep running the game there probably three options, two months (when I have 2 weeks off for Christmas from work). Six months when i should have settled into my TAFE course and have a lot more free time. Or one year when I've finished my TAFE course and only have one commintment which is working full time. I think the best is to just play it by ear, I think we need atleast 2-3 months off. So we can start like is a new thing.
There is the option of someone else taking over the whole thing. I personally am still keen to keep running the game once I have the time to run it properly again. But if someone is truelly keen enough to take the whole thing over then i'm happy to give them all the stuff. But its something you need to know what happening in your life for the next 4-6 months and make sure you have the time. The change in my life over the last two months has been the thing thats really made this game struggle lately.
In suming things up we need a break for atleast 2-3 months. Once we start again we need to start over with less sides, no more then 12 IMO.
If managers are happy with this, its probably a good idea if managers can put forward some thoughts about the format when we do start again. Just so we have a platform to work with. I got a few ideas myself but just want to know honestly what managers want in terms of squad sizes, league sizes, season length and how to keep any new managers still keen. If we do go down path expect a start sharp season to start off with.
