My Final Thoughts

The idea of the 2014 Alignment Wars was born in a day as I sat in my car, driving to work, clawing away in my mind trying to decide on an event for the upcoming weekend.

The idea went through several phases. Morphing constantly as I had new ideas and worked on problems with current ones.

I was excited to see people take interest in the idea around mid July when we held the meeting on Halo 4. I put a lot of time into balancing out the teams and events. Obviously, all of my planning wasn't without it's flaws as we saw through out the tournament.

There were times when I wanted to pull my hair out in frustration, there were times when my sides ached from laughing so hard.

At the end of it all, I'm relieved to have the event come to a close. I'm happy to be able to take a break for a bit and let myself recharge.

The event managed to get two hard working members motivated and dedicated to building a better community with me. It got some new blood introduced to the community. It got just around $150 raised towards a community members Xbox One in a month. Hell, it got a lot of stuff.

But while I'm relieved to see it end. I'm also excited for the games to begin in 2015. With the knowledge I have now from our first annual Alignment Wars, I can build a bigger and better experience with the Panic Nation team to ensure a smoother ride for next year.

So, for now, I'm going to take a rest as I'm sure a few players want to do as well. But worry not, we will still have events and new features coming on a regular basis. Keep your eyes peeled for the Halloween Festival later this year

Thanks for playing!