SirMADOG wrote:Excelent observation. I totaly forgot about the Western Realms.
As a snotty remark... Does Chaos wars T-shirts have Eastern stuff on them? I'll look into incorporating a western symbol on each side, because I totaly agree we need to include the west.
/ "The west is free and with us" - Cornwall of Camelyard.
Madog,
Notice that I said "I would even find it completely acceptable if the shirts geared around the Iowa realms as the hosts of the event. " So keep your snot to yourself. The Chaos Wars T-shirts, to my knowledge, have never incorporated Eastern realm symbols, though they have never incorporated any realm symbols other than the hosting realm's symbol which happens to be the Chaos Star.
What I find most telling is that you "totaly forgot the Western Realms". I'm hoping that Belegarth will try harder to not only remember that realms exist in the west (or maybe anywhere outside of the Midwest), but also try to think twice about how those members are welcomed to a national event held in the Midwest. I was shocked on more than one occassion by the closed off, unwelcoming behavior of Midwestern Belegrim at Armageddon based on the simple fact that they had never met me before. I was lucky enough to have come from the area and therefore know plenty of people in advance, but imagine how many westerners feel when they show up for the first time and get that kind of treatment. People who come from a distance invest a great deal of time, energy, and money in coming to an event that is (in some cases) more than a thousand miles away from them. Belegarth doesn't do itself any favors to be anything less than welcoming toward all attendees. I can't tell you how hard it is to try and get people excited about going to an event halfway across the country, when the best they can expect is crap like "oh *, we forgot about you guys" or "well, you only managed to bring out 4 people from your realm. Get back to us when you can show some numbers at a serious event."
I, personally, take pride in the fact that Belegarth is COAST TO COAST. Maybe you should too.