Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25316824-20160917214234/@comment-4010415-20160918024655

Gastropod wrote:

It's not really dumb to bring extra students either. They're not just taking up space, they're also experiencing a huge cultural event. It's like bringing hopeful athletes to view the Olympics. That's a huge opportunity and I'm sure the top acadamies brought some students along just to spectate, even if they didn't qualify. ^ They could've wanted to experience the festival itself, too, not just see the tournament. People could watch the tournament on TV in the other kingdoms, but they couldn't walk around the actual festival itself and experience parts of the other kingdoms' cultures in the food and entertainment of the festival if they stayed at home.