Why I don't like World Cup, but I do love transition games.
One of the all-time favorite games that players want to play is called World Cup. There are variations on how to play it, but basically everybody on the team pairs up (so if you had 14 players, you would have 7 teams). Each team chooses a country to represent. One player plays in goal and the teams try to score. The GK plays a ball out and then there is a free-for all as the team play 2 vs everyone else. When a player shoots, they are supposed to shout out the name of their country. If they score without calling out the name, then the goal doesn't count. When a team does score, they get to sit out until there is only one team remaining that hasn't scored. Then you start round 2 with 1 less team. If played properly, then this game lasts 6 rounds. With each round seeing more players out, it very quickly becomes a game that has more watchers than participants. In addition, it takes a long time to play. If you counted the average number of touches each participant takes during th...