Rokannis explained it very well. The server ruleset has an enormous impact on how players behave. We've seen this on Blue with the various raid rules that have come and gone, and we see it currently on Red. The existing Red ruleset is a recipe to bring out the worst in people, and it does exactly that. The amount of negativity permeating the server and the forum is absolutely unbelievable. No one seems to have a good view of Red, even (more like especially) the people playing on it 20+ hours a week. In fact, people feel so negatively about it and think Red is such a toxic wasteland that it would infect and destroy a new server with a totally different ruleset.
But it won't. With a modified SZ ruleset, people won't act the way they do on Red. There's just no incentive to do so, whereas on Red you have every incentive to behave like a dick to anyone who isn't in your guild. Big surprise that a server with anti-social rules creates anti-social players.
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