As for the HQ thing, I have no issue with it at all, FineTime did a good thing, especially if it reached across countries.
In regard to players feeling "offended" they mash the .report button on me, not on the vile comments (many of the .report players use vile language themselves - and I have a fairly good idea of who they are) that often fly across ch200. Meh - I always push back on hypocrisy.
Remember that recent topic from T24 (tee24) re: banning me? You should see some of the screenies I have of him, and others using language that children need not be exposed to. Seriously. I hit the .report on vulgar language all the time to no effect, but it's just one (or maybe 2) person so the algorithm ignores it. I'd love for HT to revisit the algorithm or add some oversight function to stop snowflakes abusing it because they're annoyed, not truly offended. It used to be actionable to abuse this feature. Being annoyed has several solutions other than abusing the .report feature.
But... all things considered, I'm not about to bother HT at this point about it because
a) he has other issues to deal with and
b) he's unlikely to spend much more time coading this game.
Not my cup of tea, but certainly a not uncommon part of the combat sim DNA since AW. If anyone is truly offended, they need a squelch lesson and testosterone treatments.
Oooof. I was trying to remember a guy....Men of Leisure? Can't remember his name. I just remember how vile he was. Lol. My own fault for letting anyone get under my skin.
Then the proper target of your concern should be to tell HT he needs to change his design. But that might be too scary. Merv is a softer target.