[quote=@Skallagrim]
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Story arcs are only as good as the writers who want to invest in them. NoW has story arcs that can be exploited and examined but few people do so. 
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I think it depends on what you are fighting for IC wise. I think the second WOTW had this whole holy grail war wish thing going for it. So you ended up with allot of pretty good and believable reasons for people to enter the tournament in the first place. I believe Asperger (or whatever her name was) made a character was was basically fighting for the soul of her daughter. 

Stuff like that you remember.