Wasnt it you that sent out an Emergency broadcast system alert not too long ago inquiring to HTC about a country getting ganged by the other 2 sides and how awful it is for gameplay? YES i remember, I was having such fun thrashing at someone elses expense. Thanks for taking away my "fun"
Nope. You didn't read what I wrote then, or if you did, you didn't understand it. You certainly don't "remember" anything. Admittedly it contained zero detail for you to understand simply because it wasn't addressed to you, meant for you, or even relevant to you. I will fill in some of the background detail of what was happening back then so you can fit it into your cosmic all.
On the country channel, for the side I was playing with that day, there was an enormous amount of abuse directed at HTC generally and HiTech himself specifically. There was lots of nastiness out there. It was foul. It wasn't out of line letting HT know that he was being talked about. I was enjoying myself playing - having quite a good time with the game play in fact. I would have loved for the game play to continue as it was. I simply alerted HT to the situation that was arising out of respect for him/them. Any and all actions he took were his own, influenced not at all by me. If he ruined your fun, that was his decision. You're misinterpreting at best.
My post in this thread is all about making the point that you don't retain existing customers by taking things away from them, especially things that they enjoy. In business, it is far more expensive to win a new customer than it is to retain an existing customer. If you have a desire to change the balance of player effort, it is better to do so with carrots than with sticks. There have been a number of changes (some now reversed) that have clearly been greeted negatively by the broad playing base. Most never come to this BBS. Why would they? It's just as easy to take your money elsewhere. They say nothing and leave.
Negative crying on this BBS to end NOE, hordes, sneaks, easy base capture, map resets, low bombing, high bombing, mass bombing, suicide bombing, furballing, is as endless as it is tiresome. There was even a recent post asking for an end to new additions to the plane-set!
Truth is that if you want to fight alone it's easy to do. If you want to avoid a horde it's easy to do. If you want to ignore base-capture it's easy to do. If you want form a horde it's getting easier to do. If you want to avoid furballing it's easy to do and all that without impacting on the broad player base. If you're worried about some horde coming in and taking your base - don't panic! They won't/can't take them all. There's always another. Goodness gracious you could even have a go at taking one of theirs while the horde is busy elsewhere. There is absolutely no need to stop other people doing things that bring them reward simply because you can't or won't get into it.
I'm not picking on you or looking for an argument with you. Your post about NOE and how you despise them and their sissy like qualitys and bar-room girl slapping is clearly a masterful troll. Congrats you got a bite and I get a chance to make a point. Well done and thanks.
