Holy shit. I check this site for the first time in six months and find my old team being in the finals. What an extremely pleasant surprise. Although I do not know everyone on the roster I am super proud!
Damn okay, story time because I've got a ton of memories now and I want to vent.
I remember my first involvement with WCoP being with Benelux, this was back with WCoP VI. That's six years ago, damn! I remember us having a surprisingly solid roster (and I also played a game) although most of us weren't super known. Delko was an amazing captain and some other players showed their capabilities (everyone knows McMeghan now of course but also Alf, Mynism, Vinc and everyone else). Benelux continued for two more years iirc and McMeghan also took over as captain and was great as well. Honestly, Benelux was great. Unfortunately all good things come to an end and we decided continuing Benelux was getting too hard with a limited supply of players.
This meant I couldn't participate in my favourite tournament anymore (as well as a lot of other Europeans) so I thought it was only fair to revive the Europe team. I captained the team with WCoP IX and this was a great experience, thanks M Dragon for letting us participate and thank you so much to everyone on that year's roster and everyone who helped me.
The year after was even better. We really had a great team going, players as well as team spirit and it probably was my favourite WCoP I've participated in. Thanks everyone, Isa / ZoroDark / MetalGro$$ / Vinc2612 / Alf' / H-C / Marshall.Law / Twin Citiez / HellPowna / Void and everyone else I surely forget (sorry!).
The year after (so last year) I wanted to get things going again but I also noticed that my activity wasn't high enough to be a captain. Thankfully, Pearl stepped in and was an amazing captain, much better than I ever was. I made some mistakes in the two years (like playing myself when I obviously wasn't the best player available), so Pearl was definitely an improvement. The roster that year was great and I'm proud of the team.
This year I didn't really follow WCoP at all, but now I see this and I'm so proud! Tony, I do not know you (or I do and I missed a name change), but amazing job! H-C, great to see you as cocaptain for a finalist team! To the rest of team as well, you made me happy by accomplishing this!
Sorry for the long nonsense post but I just saw this and it made me happy :)
Go Europe!