Should the UK Champs decide the 6 UK teams for the WHBPC?

I'm not keen on ranking by city. I believe this should be the best the uk has to offer, not the best a few different city's have to offer.

We differ on opinion here. I'm not keen on ranking by country. (yet)

first come to what first served for what?

My suggestion was regarding the possibility of a London quali for WHBPC.

This would make the entire process of "expressing interest" futile, because a couple of teams got counted because of luck.

Not really, the 'expressing interest' was to gauge the amount of teams coming from somewhere, what difference does it make if a team that got together in the last month or the next couple months would like to have a shot at playing in the worlds? Even Berlin are offering wildcard spots so does that make 'expressing interest' futile/pointless?

Also, first come first served surely can't really work when whoever posted the thread will get the first place, and then the next few will all be within the space of a few hours, not like there is much time difference in them. ridiculous suggestion.

I think you've totally misunderstood me.

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I THINK what Mike is saying is instead of using teams that have signed up for the UK champs (some may have no interest or cannot go to the Worlds) we should select from those who actually expressed prior interest and filled out Kev's form.

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