[ WP ] In the future , wars are not physically fought , but decided through video games .

Fashionably late as usual: the United States team strutted onto the stage, surrounded by a multitude of colored lights and giant monitors. The thunderous cheers of the crowd shook the event center. Americans were generally the loudest when their team walked onstage, and this time was no different. 
 While most countries had their teams in uniforms, the Americans had each one of their members in something different, however outlandish or flamboyant their choice of dress was. One of them had on a neon green hoodie with bright pink pants, one of the girls wore a dress in the shape of an animal, and another looked like someone from the 1700s dressed him. It looks like the lot of them were going for `` flashy'' and `` bombastic.'' The same could not be said for their General, a lanky fellow in a business suit and a long coat. Suppose he got hot under all of those clothes... most likely would n't happen, considering how cold the event center usually was. 
 The six members of the United States Army took their place in one of the corners of the giant stage, and the General walked to the center. Generals from England, France, Iraq, Iran, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, China, and Japan stood within the large LED-lit empty circle, waiting for the last contender. The United States General shook hands with each other General, and their talk begun. 
 Each War started with the Negotiation period. In this period, the Generals would discuss who would be on whose side. Sometimes talks lasted over an hour. Sometimes they lasted all of five minutes. No matter what happened, someone usually ended up upset. 
 So the Generals had their talk for a good thirty minutes until two alliances were announced. The alliances were, unsurprisingly, United States, Great Britain, France, Japan, and South Korea for the First Alliance, and China, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, and Russia for the Second Alliance. The Second Alliance regretted having North Korea on their team, the wild cards they were, but Russia and China usually had a good game plan for situations like this. The Generals shook hands with their opponents, and the alliances assembled on two sides of the stage, where they would pick up their VR helmets. The soldiers put on their helmets, the giant screens lit up, and the Sixth Annual War began.
