This will be the 4th gnome race that I have organized on Green. The very first one was limited to a specific guild, and another guild made a ton of level 1 SKs and ambushed them at the freeport zone line. This was hilarious, and really didn't impact the race too much, but everyone understood it was one guild essentially trolling another.
For the next three races it has been opened up to be a serverwide event so everyone can participate. A race is typically a pretty low barrier of entry event for anyone to join, and I love hearing stories of newer players to the server winning prizes. Folks interfering can really put a damper on things.
In the past we've had several ways to counter people trying to interfere, from PVP flagged high level bards chaperoning the race to GMs/Guides who assist and make sure folks don't ruin things for everyone else.
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