Have I gone off my rocker? What the hell is CW on about now?
For the uninitiated, it all starts with the organiser or organising group. They have an idea for an amazing game they would love to play. They put the time and effort into research, site visits, and game planning to make something happen.
They are motivated to put the time and energy into a project they believe in and want to see come to fruition. It cannot be, for hobby organisers at least, that they put this energy into events they don’t want to play or merely that they know will appeal to a mass audience. This will reflect badly on the game and will have no edge or motivation other than self-promotion.
Having had the balls to get off their backsides and put on entertainment for like-minded people they then negotiate a space in the calendar. An imperfect and painful process – it is really hard to make room for everyone without crowding months, but chaps do what they can do.
So we end up with ten, twelve, fourteen events, all diverse in terms of geography, game style, factions and so on. This is excellent news for players, they have the choice. It most certainly doesn't mean you can sit and wait for a game to land next door to you. Massive effort is put in by organisers, the least you can do is make the effort, however you can, to get to a game.
OK, so that is all good. So why are cancelled games a good thing?
Well, in truth they are a tragedy, of course, for the organisers and those few that booked, not least those that booked precious time off work (meh, at least you have no excuse about getting that kitchen finished off 
). And the reason for failure can be manifold – location, scenario, date, marketing, holidays, national or local event clashes.
But it is better that those with the guts and community spirit try and fail than we fall into the abyss of mediocre, middle of the road, unchallenging and safe games that are sure to get the numbers. In short order players will either not bother any more and look for some other airsoft genre or decide they can do better and start up games they want to play. Hello, this is where we came in! We need innovators, we need people that think outside of the box, we need new ideas and concepts. We need people willing to take a risk.
So, here is to players who put their money and time where their mouth is and put on a game for the benefit of others, whether or not it comes to fruition. I salute you (and I hope everyone else does) – YOU are the selfless, true heart of the community and it is YOU that keeps the WW2 community going. 
