Hazed,
I won't make this personal as I don't want to be at your level.
I just want to point out an observation that you yourself made. You said you wanted a HA with emphasis on historical match ups and a realistic map. You got it in the "old" CT. The fact that you yourself sat there for hours alone should tell you something about the viability of the original concept. It obviously wasn't a big hit as it was set up.
HT is in the business of listening to and catering to customers. That is how he and his employees make their living. Unless you are going to take up the load of those customers who are NOT currently using the CT as a VIABLE arena you really haven't got much of a complaint. If the arena takes off and gets up to a fair amount of traffic, your position will be even more plain as the odd man out.
Let them finish what they have started and try it out. Don't just blow it off before it happens.
Finally BTW the F6 vs LW WAS a historical matchup. The Brits used it on escort CV's in the Atlantic. If they gave you a "historical" map of the Pacific it might just end up being only water as that pond is rather large. That would limit you to cv vs cv only. It would be even MORE boring than the "uterus" and far more restrictive in game play. Be careful what you ask for, you might just get it and be even more alone.

[ 12-19-2001: Message edited by: Maverick ]