Shucks…300 words ain't much.
But, then eventually Skuzzy would have had to evict all of you like he had to evict the old timers from the O'Club forum to start their own vulgar loose lips forum at Flame Warriors.
Allow me to digress a bit and then follow the digression back to this topic.
First, Skuzzy didn't "evict" anyone. When the decision was made by HTC to end political discussion in the O'Club a few people got banned and some got suspended. People still get banned here individually but no
group here was ever "evicted" AFAIK.
One person started the Flamewarriors BBS as a place where
any topic could be discussed. Quite a few people signed up and remained members here as well. So..no "eviction".
Secondly, it is true that it can be vulgar. There are essentially no rules. The only one I can think of is that if you post pron, post it in the pron forum, otherwise it gets moved there. It's essentially an unmoderated board. It's liberty. You get the good with the bad. Some people can't handle that kind of freedom and find it offensive. That's fine, in fact that's the essence of it. They can do as they choose; free to stay, free to go, free to use ignore. It's all about freedom of choice.
Which leads me back to this topic. As I said up thread, HTC made the sandbox and populated it with simulated WW2 toys for us to play with. HTC set a very loose gameplay system in place, one which allows players the
freedom of choice to do the things that interest them.
Now in this very thread you see the results of that freedom of choice.
There's quite a few posts by people that just do what they want to do and are satisfied with what the game gives them. There are others that want to pursue a certain form of play and appear unhappy when the game tilts away from their particular desire; there's too much freedom
for the other guy to suit them. A couple of possible examples here: the guy that wants the good 1 v 1 fight seems as unhappy as the war-winner that can't get enough guys to join his mission.
So like that other BBS, some are comfortable with the freedom and take the good with the bad. Others are outraged at what people are doing/not doing.
I tend to be comfortable with the freedom; the more the better. I am a Libertarian at heart. It's a big sandbox. I've been away for a while so I have a lot of things to relearn and re-eperience. I spent some time in Early War today and a bit in Late War; it's nice to have choices. I am fortunate that I understand that others like the freedom to make choices I would not make. I just roam around the sandbox until I find something that holds my interest.
Now, I have a question or two for all in the thread. Rather than just beech, beech, beech at each other, why not propose something that YOU think would improve the game and let a *polite* discussion ensue on the various merits of few of the ideas that pop up.
For example, I personally don't think the "horde" is an asset to the gameplay. I think it grew out of making base capture increasingly harder over the years but that's just my opinion. I base it on the common sense idea that if you make a nut harder to crack, people will look for a bigger hammer. I could be wrong.
So, one of my thoughts for improving gameplay would be to decrease the difficulty of capture. Sure, the horde might roll right on even faster but small groups of insurgents could then slip in behind the lines and capture bases in the rear. It
could possibly generate a larger number of smaller fights.
I might be way off base but it's an idea for improvement rather than a lament that all is lost.
Cheers!
