We've just been having this discussion in bigweek. I think a lot of people look back on AW with rose-tinted glasses. There is no doubt that AH is vastly superior in every respect.
But: the people who played were just as dedicated, just as enthusiastic, whined just as much, got accused of cheating at least as often, made just as much fuss, spent just as much time organising events, training dweebs, becoming addicted, and took it just as seriously. Most significantly, every generation of AWers lamented the sorry state of the community as compared to a year or too previously and wondered allowed about how all the 'old timers' had been replaced by the screaming dweebs.
Those of us who played AW are extremely lucky AH came along.
Trip
