Hblair, I think there IS a bit of selfishness involved, abeit good-natured selfishness.
It is a fact that the CT is under-populated. There are usually more people vulching each other in the TA than flying in the CT. Yet the setup isn't being signifigantly altered.
I think it's because the CT team likes its idea and is determined to stick with it regardless of its lack of appeal to the average AH flyer. There ARE advantages to this, in particular it's likely to keep players in AH who would otherwise become bored and quit. While such an approach has advantages, I dislike it because it ignores 90% of the player base. IMO there should be a POPULAR alternative to the MA before "niche" arenas.
The alternative reason--the CT team is totally incompetent and actually thinks the current system might develop mass appeal. This would suggest that you can't figure out why nobody likes the current setup.
Now tell me, is the CT team sticking with the current setup because they like it (good-natured selfishness), or are you all stupid? Honestly, I don't think ANY of you are stupid. Far from it. Therefore I simply disagree with your approach.
There is also the chance that HTC is totally unwilling to work with the CT team and is simply not giving you the opportunity to make it work. In this case the CT team has its hands tied and my other comments are totally wrong, but I feel this is unlikely.
EDIT: I read this board every day.
J_A_B