Dear PlayStrategy Team,

My name is El_Maestro, leader of the 👑 Mancala Legends League (MLL), an international Mancala community with 42 members, an active forum, and regular tournaments.

I would like to respectfully ask whether PlayStrategy would consider creating an official Mancala trophy for the winner of the MLL's main championship:

🏆 Mancala Legends Champion

A permanent trophy would provide meaningful recognition for Mancala champions, encourage participation, and help strengthen the growing Mancala community on PlayStrategy.

If a permanent trophy is not possible, we would also greatly appreciate consideration of a temporary or annual trophy.

Thank you very much for considering our proposal and for supporting the development of Mancala on PlayStrategy.

Kind regards,

El_Maestro
Leader & Organizer
👑 Mancala Legends League

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Counter suggestion playstrategy.org/tournament/TJLFDVK0

Whoever wins the weekly pool tournament on 18.8. gets:
- Permanent trophy
- Lifetime wings
- PM title (PlayStrategy Master)
- Their name shown in red font size 50 with burning flames effect on front page

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@El_Maestro
there are already different ways of getting mancala trophies-
shields
medleys
(used to be, now unavailable) introductory arenas

get some trophies from here :)

some reasons why this idea will be discouraged-
1) Mancala given more power- breaks the equality of all variants
2) Backlash- many non-mancala players will ofc see the unfairness
3) Unofficial trophies- this isnt a PlayStrategy team
4) Stacking and backfire- you may not notice, but this will inevitably give less importance to a trophy. Since there is high availability, the trophies will be given MUCH less importance, leading them to become a pointless and overused trophy in the long-run.
5) Chances of improper management- the trophies are given away too fast
6a) Hate on mancala- if not also implemented in other family groups, non-mancala players will not like mancala.
6b) Programming issues and technical instability- PlayStrategy may not be able to keep up with all the new shields, which may make them a burden.
7) Loss of value- the value of trophies go down (see 4)
8) No centralism- PlayStrategy cant run their own events, then there is a high chance they reject it. Everyone can trust the final decisions of the PlayStrategy team (prob much more than another user)
9) Can the leaders be trusted?- for all variants, can they? Uncertainties arise

What you can do,
1) Roll of honour- mention it in the team's front page
2) Gift Wings- a rare sight here
3) User perks- some other rewards
4) Nothing- some people play for the joy of playing, no need rewards :)

consider these, maybe you found your answer here :) .

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