I'm certainly interested, although I'm also wary about committing to something long-term like this.

I'm afraid I don't fully understand Mad-Ice's proposed system; I think the idea of divisions could work, but in my opinion the World Cup should go to the Division 1 champions, period. A different trophy could be awarded to the team with the most points across all the divisions. I just don't believe those points should be considered too representative since we don't know how many people from each country will even be interested or able to race in the lower divisions. In other words, skill may not be the biggest factor in determining those additional points.

We should also keep in mind that (as in any FPS clan) each team will need to have reserve players available. There are a million reasons why someone might not be able to make a race. If we use a system with rounds then the replacement players could simply move up from the lower division for that round; of course those players probably shouldn't race in both divisions in the same round.

Not to raise yet another issue, but I take it all the races would be 8 players, 2 teams of 4 versus 4? If so that's OK with me, but I do wonder whether that would necessarily be the best way. After all, Wipeout is not exactly a team game like football. I don't know what those other country vs. country tournaments were like: is it every man for himself? I would hate to have to think twice about using a quake.