Agreed. I know you were worried that once it was entered in Rose, it was donated and thus no longer yours, but just because it's a donation doesn't mean that you have to relinquish control of it *immediately*. Heck, I suggested that somebody donate banners to help facilitate the formation of pick-up teams at next Banner Wars. Since we haven't picked the autocrat team for next year's Banner Wars, and it really isn't wise to leave things to be forgotten about in the Kingom shed, it'll be best for this entrant to just hang on to them for 11 months, then bring them to Banner Wars and hand them off to the autocrats at that point.
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