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Originally Posted by t0lkien
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Red is low on population because PvP is full of grandstanding vindictive asshats and there aren't enough people to act as fodder for their Lord of the Flies domination fantasies, so they come to blue forums to proselyte but can't stop from being grandstanding vindictive asshats, thereby ensuring no-one capitulates.
The irony is delicious.
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I think you are part right. But when I played on Red I found that most people were pretty reasonable. In fact in a lot of ways people are nicer although there are certainly a lot of griefers who get off on causing other people pain.
What you have to understand is that red is serious fucking business - there are no casuals on red. I mean take the level of competition we have on Blue between TMO/FE (well had this winter) and turn it up a notch with PVP and you get the average red player. Now put yourself into the mind of this average red player: you put a lot of effort into "winning EQ" on P1999 PVP. You feel superior to blue because a) red is simply harder. Doing anything is more difficult when there are people out to kill you at all times and b) red players pvp for their pixels rather than poopsock/batphone. Unfortunately, there are 10 times as many players on blue and on average they think your server is shit. This is like a red hot poker driven into your body. You work so hard and you know their server is "carebear" and why the fuck aren't they looking up to you? If only they would try red they would realize it was harder and better and you would get the respect you deserve.
And thats why we get this continuous stream of "come to red so i can shit on your face you pathetic bluebie" type posts, followed by the blue players hitting the poor poster below the belt with "i don't want to play on your 65 man server" followed by the red players vomiting rage onto the thread and crying themselves to sleep at night.