: 4. General lack of interest/malaise. This might be TSD's fault as much as
: HBO's: I might have done too good a job of recruiting the skilled and
: ambitious players from here, leaving behind only non-competitive
: canon-peddlers.

Just out of curiousity, in what way could it ever be "TSD vs HBO" if TSD is recruited from HBO?

With one email to our patented "mailing list" I
: had succeeded in rustling up a team of men, some of whom hadn't touched
: Halo in months but were nonetheless eager to compete. Even little kanbo,
: cooking pot on head, enlisted. Why not HBO?

: I would like to play the real Team HBO. I know it's out there. Snipe,
: Avateur, etc.

Again from curiosity-- is the "real Team HBO" comprised of the best competitive Halo players at HBO that you didn't ask to play for TSD, or the best competitive players from HBO who didn't want to be on TSD?