The rules pack isn't a carbon copy of last year's as there have been a few changes and clarifications across it.
Of all the teams I spoke to, only 3 had issue with the clock situation before the event. So of 20 teams 3 were surprised there wasn't any, of the other non UK teams their players have played in enough UK events that I believe they are used to no clocks and the other team stated they'd rather not have them. So it wasn't the majority expected them at all.
You're right, I spoke out if turn due to other RL frustrations. And was wrong to do so
I respect the clock argument, I personally don't believe they're needed however I'm always listening to feedback. What Im curious about are the other suggestions though. Teams of 3 is not only a nightmare for the venue layout, it doesn't divide nicely into the max capacity of the venue meaning we're more likely to have a bye and odd teams. It also creates more work on the game front as we have to balance each strat, scheme and deployment across the rounds rather then just being able to include each one. Releasing the pools before hand is something else we have considered but also have to weigh up that we'd rather people got the games fresh so they're not practiced and game list management is another skill displayed. Also regarding draws there were 6 draws across 54 games at the last world cup so teams of 4 didn't really impact the amount of draws
I hope this clears up a few of the viewpoints on our end