I dont even expect it to be in europe, Id love it but idk, it wont happen.
But hawai is jus a bad choice, and yeah Ive been there, and yes, it was nice.
But I just didnt feel like hawai was that special, the hotel is completly isolated, food prices are rather high, and if youre stuck without a car, yeah..
For us europeans worlds is like the one big party we get, our nats arent that big, we dont have regs etc. Worlds is the one event of the year, worlds is like the biggest motivation to even play. And then when worlds are in hawai, it ruins the fun for us. Cause hawai is incredibly expensive, you do a 24-30h travel and yeah, the island is nice but not that special reallly.
You cant go anywhere without a car, the resort is really small and theres not much going on there, the airport is a bad joke and just makes you wonder if this is a real us airport. The hotel is really impressive and really beautiful but if you go there on your own expense youll want to stay longer (30h for 5 days?). So you can either stay at the hilton (and better rob a bank or something) or you can book a flight to another island (which is either really expensive or really dificult, the guy on the hotline was so dumb...) or stay there at another hotel (expensive) just to find out theres not that much you can do there, and if you dont have a car its the beach evey day which gets boring after a few days.
And the face that, even if you won the trip most of your friends probably arent there doesnt help.
I wont deny the hotel is really cool and I absolutly think it was a great experience but Id rather have been to an area with more stuff going on, a real city or something with my friend and Id have prefered to spend money. Yes the hotel is amazing but the are around it isnt that special and IMO doesnt make up for the issues at all.
For us europeans it means an incredibly long travel, its really expensive and difficult, even if you win the flight, and most of the european awards go to waste. And the worlds website adds insult to injury by listing you as "participating" when you cant afford the flight at all. I know that this would make me pretty angry.
I just wish that we europeans would be remembered as well when these decisions are made, worlds in hawai is so incredibly demotivating. And yeah I got lucky and won the flight and I know that it should be something special for those who earned it but honestly, thats stupid. Cause a tournament always has a lot of luck involved and the difference between 1st and 2nd is so small.. I won nats but theres so much luck involved that excluding everyone else cause there were a little less lucky on that one day seems stupid. this isnt chess, I think I did a good job and Im happy I got a flight but I might have ended up in 16th place easily as well and I think that more players there wouldve deserved to get a chance at playing.
TLDR;
Hawai is nice but holding worlds in a less exclusive place where more people who deserve it get a shot at playing, that is cheaper and where you can do more stuff would be way better.