I'm not sure if the playerbase IQ has ever been stellar (even if I'd like to think so too) and I don't really agree in bashing new players who do not, or cannot have a clue -yet.
Just take it easy and do not scare them away with too rough handling.
After all it is in HTC's best interest to get new players into such marginal genre of games and it is (in a way

) good to see that they are active in posting and hopefully in gathering information. Young people do not necessarily have the same emphasis on WW2 knowledge as we older ones, BTW.
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After all the BBS is a good way of sharing information, although it seems that usually people do not "share" information but take a stance with what they got and engage into debates with intention to squash any opposition promoting their favorite, themselves, and denying any critique.
But I have to say that AH BBS is not the worst I have seen -nor the best, unfortunately.
-C+