...the Great 8 is so deep that it has 6 title-worthy teams).
7... I am the one bringing down the bar. :)
To be honest, I went through quite a tough path to get here, III.1 then II.1, and those were very difficult to manage the economy, build an sizeable arena, and put together a good team.
The one big bonus is here is that income is so high, so generating a profit is not so difficult.
But this is a crazy-difficult conference to survive - probably the worst to promote into. It's a complete struggle to control minutes. If I did not enjoy this game so much, I would probably have given up a couple of weeks ago.