Let's see. When's the last time Skuzzy reset the arena over player request?
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None, to the extent of my knowledge over all the years I've spent with AH.
Unless the arena settings were haywire or some kind of error occured, the MA always existed as it was. Nobdody could say anything that would make HTC fiddle with the rotations or reset it on purpose, just because a special group of people found it against their own interests/ What happened inside the MA stayed inside. The players took care of it. They've DEALT with it, like it or not. All the bad and grievous stuff like ord being wiped out, fuel busted down to 25% at all frontline fields (way back), CVs being left unprotected, people hiding CVs, suicidal jabos, tard runs, hording, losing HQ bases, all dars going down... etc etc.. nobody influenced HTC, until now.
Then comes the "special interest group". People who can't stand the strat aspect of the MA. People so engrossed in their own fun, that they find it appaling even to try and defend or take back the fields they hold so dear. Despite the fact every base in MA terrains are supposed to be capturable, nobody should be allowed to interfere their own definition of fun. Therefore, everybody else who ain't a 'furballer' should stay out. They come straight to the boards, throw a tantrum, and voila, the map is reset. Troop transports are removed from the game.
Maybe HT just got tired. Maybe a new rule is being written about running the MA. Whatever it is, one thing's clear is that its an unprecedented event - the whiners won over HT.
It's interesting to think about what will come next. First, the whiners ask for a special place which serves their own definition of fun. The map makers bend over, the maps are accepted.
Then, they want that special place to be turned into an official whiner sanctuary, free from every outside influence. A place where they don't even need to defend what they hold dear. Shut out rest of the MA, play the AvA game, and don't let anyone who disagrees enter the borders. Now, they got that too. The removal of troop transports has turned FT into the official Hitechcreations Bird Sanctuary for Endangered Species.
What's coming next?
Special admission cards required to enter whiner sanctuary?
It's interesting to watch and see what new bends and curves they'll request next. And to think all them people are the same guys who post in the BBS whenever someone else whines about how some people are ruining their fun.
E25280 nailed it on the head - a bunch of people asked for special treatment, and they got it. Whining seems to work now. If something's against your own interest, gather a bunch of people and start crying about it. In the end, they might install a very special sanctuary for you too.
Me?
I'm thinking about asking for a "jets and rockets" sanctuary. All those damned high perks and base capturing ruins my chances of having pure aerial jet-lag fun in the game. I mean, three or four fields where people only up 262s and rockets aren't gonna ruin anyone else's fun, right? Why should my own request be turned down when the other set of whiners got their own?
While we're at it, let's also request for an "Early Bird" sanctuary. Only early war planes allowed, no Lgay Spit16 tards allowed. I'm sure that'll be popular. It wouldn't bother anyone - all us early war plane lovers will stay there.
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Buncha bullshi* hypocrites.
