Actually, it’s been a pretty disillusioning IHG for me, not that there was much illusion hanging around to begin with. It truly is frustrating watching teams that train so hard get quashed against teams that that do not much more than just entice players into their hall based on facilitative advantages of whatever sort. Of course, with all the achievements of the said halls comes the natural element of superiority. Undoubtedly, the IHGs are the pinnacle of hall life experience, and the halls who do well in them usually find themselves in abundance of roaring hall spirit, which then paves the way for an assortment of other accomplishments in the other aspects of hall life.

I hope it doesn’t sound like sour grapes, because it’s not. Despite everything, I am proud of my hall, and everything we achieve is that much more special because we work for it. It’s just that I can’t help but be a little frustrated with the unevenness of the playing field. Being the idealist that I am, I have certain ideas of what constitutes a team, and a team merely made out of a pool of talented people put together offends me a bit.

But life, as they say, is unfair. Unless you sit pretty at the top of the pack, any fairness you hope for will have to be hard fought for.

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4:52 PM