Actually I have learned after closer observation that your forums though less populated and less busy are the same as ours with one exception.
We don't treat other games such as AH and the players from that game as badly as Ring was treated here.
Even the guy from AH who created a trial account just to get involved in the WWIIOL thread linked to Ring's post was not treated near as bad and he was asking for it. His posts were volatile and sniping yet for the most part people just tried to debate with him. One or two may have sniped back but that is just the opposite here.
Nearly everyone who posted in Ring's thread was rude and condescending. He did nothing wrong. Yes he advertised the game to people he thought might like it. Whoopie Doo.
Like I said, if you created an free trial account for WWIIOL just to get access to the boards and advertised AH you would get a much different response. Would you get a flame here and there? Of course, we have our share of idiots too but most would not have.
You would have gottne a few guys who would say, "I played AH back when........
So what's new in the game? Maybe I'll try the free trial to see whats up."
Some would have said "I am happy with AH, thanks but no thanks."
Nothing wrong with that. The big difference is that you wouldn't get flamed to death for doing so.
We aren't so sensitive about someone advertising a game. Even the hated Blair does it when he gets access to the forums. He doesn't get flamed till he starts attacking WWIIOL. It's the same old story, he posts about a new game like he did with Bf1942. And Planetside beta. A lot of people even said, "thanks man I'll check it out."
Pretty tame threads but then his obsession takes over and he can't help himself and starts saying that the other game will spell the end of WWIIOL. then he'll go on a tirade about how he hates WWIIOL.
Point is that even someone so hated as Blair can post an advertisment in the WWIIOL threads and not get flamed.
He gets flamed for attacking the game and player base.
