Originally posted by beet1e
I don't disagree that the CT is deserted at times, but I don't think that is because of limited plane set and/or axis v. allied. Think back to WB. The WW2A came along - axis v. allied, but the four country MA was still there. Indeed, there were several player initiatives by guys like thrax= to get people to migrate back to the MA. But it never happened. Once an arena has become established as "the place where most people go", it's very difficult to change that pattern, without physically locking one of the arenas to force people to use another.
The people that are left in WB are the orginal 10 % of the player base that wanted that type of permanent set-up.
The other 90% left. (Many of them came here)
So effectively, in making a vocal 10% of the player base happy, they alienated 90% of their customer base. A fairly valuable lesson I would think.
This post, from a long teerm WB player (not me) is from WB in regard to axis/allies permanent split, and the divisiveness it can cause . There are elements of this you notice in the CT.
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The "rest of us" don't know what's good (or in this case bad) for you. The majority of players may prefer an Axis/Allied split, but that does NOT mean it is healthy for the community or the game as a whole.
People are taking sides (axis/allied) and there is real hate being created over politics and events from a war that ended almost 60 years ago. THAT IS THE CANCER ON THE COMMUNITY!!
Adding new planes only makes it worse.
Adjusting FMs only makes it worse.
Lowering the price and enticing old players back only makes it worse.
Not one thing done in the past 3+ years has mitigated or slowed the increasing levels of hate and animosity between the Axis/Allied camps in WBs. It's tearing the community apart!
I can't state it any clearer than I already have, but I will try.
The community is simply not mature enough collectively to handle the Axis/Allied split. Today it's the Ki-44. Go back to day 1 of the WWIIA and 90% or more of all of the *****ing on AGW and ch100 since then is Axis/Allied related. I challenge you to prove me wrong.
With color-wars we had the arena filled with Spits/F6Fs/etc, but what you and many others fail to realize is that "we" (the community) were the ones flying the damn things!.....
Get it?...Is is sinking in yet?.......
When given the oppurtunity to do the right thing, "we" (the community) never do!! "We" gravitate to the uber-plane of the day. "We" allow 60 year old politics and predjudices to seep into our gameplay. "We" refuse to balance numbers. "We" vultch, gang-bang, conga-line bombers, exploit ToT, exploit GVs, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.
We the players are our own worst enemies, because "we" (the community) are selfish. IEN has to step forward and make the hard decisions. The players have never and will never police themselves. The only way that the community will heal the rift is if IEN forces the two factions (Axis/Allied) to intermingle. It's the only possible way to wash away all of the filth and bagage that has collected over the past few years.
I simply don't understand how you can ignore the problems CRUTCH. You only have to read AGW to see the festering disease created by the Axis/Allied split that is killing the community. Sure a lot of people still play WBs (or at least keep an account open), but can you really say that the community is still alive and intact?
