One thing I see about this, what about lazy competitive gamers? Would they stick with WA for long? They would try playing Leagues, and let's face it, get beat ridiculously with our level of skill/experience, would they be ok with this or will they get frustrated by this and quit playing because they think "these guys have been playing this for 5-12 years, we have NO chance..."
But then again, that's just classic schemes isn't it?
Kaos for example is kind of new, and is gaining popularity quite fast.
To be honest, worms has something for all varities of Gamers:
Tactical and strategic thinkers - Elite/T17/Intermediate etc.
Casual easy fun - Hysteria/Shopper and some of those easy/luck Worm Olympic type schemes.
For people who like physical skill, hand eye coordination etc - Roper/TTRR/WxW etc.
For accuracy type Gamers, eg, online pool, Sniping etc - BnG/Bungee Race/Battle Race etc, an example of this, in RL I love playing Pool, Golf, Darts, things that require a keen eye and patience.
If we could somehow emphasize this that worms isn't just a silly game, and theres a whole variety of Schemes to suit most Gamers needs and skills/interests we would definately pick up more players.
When someone who doesn't know what Worms is or how it operates, seeing even Mablak do his best ever run in a TTRR doesn't look impressive, until you realise and KNOW how hard it is to operate and control the Rope, the same applies to other schemes.
How can we advertise this issue? How can we show something like very nice Roping in a TTRR, or very nice BnG shots, or a very very crucial and perfectly executed turn in an Elite so that someone who doesn't know what Worms is will think, "Wow, that was awesome!"
The 1st time I seen cool Roping, I didn't know it was cool, because I hadn't used the Rope before so I didn't realise how much skill is required, if someone makes something look easy when you see it for the 1st time, like Mablak doing TTRR, or Random playing Elite, or me playing BnG, do you think this effects people's opinion if it's cool or not? It's hard to explain what I mean with this, so I hope you can understand it lol.
One thing is for sure, if this does happen and we get thousands of active players, we should all do our part and teach the "noobs" how to play good.
It's really exciting that's for sure