Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-24398707-20140121231020/@comment-9953709-20140122195151

Stinkycheez95 wrote: I see people argue about this too much so here's my theory to the whole thing.

Derek chose Isaac, Erica and Boyd to be betas in his pack because they were easy to convince and he was in a hurry to build up a pack because the alpha pack was coming. An alpha only needs 3 betas to have an official pack, and an alpha is stronger with a pack because there is strength in numbers, so the more werewolves there are in the pack, the stronger the pack as a whole and everyone in it gets. Derek could of chose anyone to turn, but he doesn't force the bite on people and other people would not have been as easy to convince. An alpha gains a beta's full power for their own when they kill their betas in their pack. Getting a beta to join your pack gives the pack power as a whole which includes everyone in it. The alpha pack members all killed their entire packs which all included more than 3, which is why they were so powerful and Derek seemed so weak compared to them. Plus the alpha pack had 5 alpha's in it, which also added to their power.

The greater the number in a pack, the more powerful everyone in it is and the more powerful the pack is as a whole. the whole pack dynamo thing has never fully been stated shown how they become more powerfull.

according to deucallion its not the the number of members you have in a pack that makes you stronger its the individual who makes the pack stronger aka "GREATER THE HOLD"

plus just cause derek had boyd,erica,and isaac as his betas and he seemed so weak there might be a reason for that.

1. he did not trust any of them as stated by derek he does not trust anyone, and after deaton stating to him.

2. the alpha must willing say "yes" aka consent as in scott not letting the twins joins cause he does not trust hem.

with all that saying just cause a alpha turns werewolves and wants them to join his pack does not mean he gets stronger just from turning them.. it has to do with consent between the beta/omega and the alpha in order to "become stronger".