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The reason above all others is because the outcome of this event is nearly predetermined before a single spar takes place, and that's because iClassic is filled with cowardly and unconfident players who will do anything required to win a hat and statue that no one will see. No one seems to care about proving they have a better team of friends and loyal guildmates.
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Just further commenting on this point, based on recent evaluations:
- People seem quite pleased with burning bridges and damaging their "friendships" to hop guilds for this tournament. A good example would be Kentaro, who (from my outsider observations) seemed pretty close to Ruthless and was a member for a very long time.
All it took is one person to ask him to join another guild's GST team and it's as if he has abandoned an entire group of friends because he has zero confidence in his own ability and the ability of his team. It's tough to respect that.
- Several players are going out of their way in desperate attempts to get teams disqualified. Is it because they are intimidated? Is that really how you want to win a tournament? Just from personal experience, Junior and Victoria have been begged to join my guild for the GST. Both of them are 100% aware that they are banned and would get us DQed. They either do not care or they are attempting to intentionally get the team DQed (for the benefit of a guild both of them belong to).
Victoria has even gone out of her way to boost a 10:1 record in some sad attempt to appeal to me. She has even tried to pretend to be and take on the personality of someone who I asked to join Alumni in the past (PK). It's really sad to see.
So, props to any guild who doesn't mass or randomly recruit on the week of the GST. Some people desperately want a statue and a hat because they feel as if it will validate them in the sparring community, and others want to prove they are good sparrers and have a cooperative guild.