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Originally Posted by nightookami

ALWAYS take a gun to a knife fight.

Originally Posted by IanTheM1

Superadine definitely comes in a liquid form according to the lore, and so it's likely injected.

Originally Posted by Heraclea

MA was sold, as a special edition, with the promise that it would provide an alternative means of levelling through player created content. Removing XP would involve a pretty nasty bait and switch involving real money. I could see people getting even more upset about that.

Now, the characters I take into AE are mostly level 50s anyways. I'd still play it for tickets. But that isn't how it was sold.

Originally Posted by poptart_fairy

But we ARE dealing with SOMETHING that has LAWS against IT, and NCSOFT have to UPHOLD them, whether or NOT people LIKE it.

Originally Posted by DocArcus

It can be argued that our monthly subscription fee is what we are using to fund the betting. All it would take is for one prosecutor to make this claim and the credit card companies would start blocking any charge made by NCSoft till the case is resolved.

Originally Posted by Mutant_Dream

No, see, there's a difference between a costume contest with a prize pool and one where people place bets on the outcome of an event. It would be like a costume contest but instead of the contest winner getting the prize pool, the audiance made bets on who the judges would choose and the people who choose correctly got the money.

Then, there's the big issue of the possibility of fixed matches, the house always wins, yada yada yada.

Betting is *not* like a costume contest. Now, a PvP tourney where the winner gets a prize pool, that should be fine. Actual placing of bets though bring a whole different set of issues to the table, though.

Originally Posted by je_saist

*makes a note to link this thread the next time somebody brings up a server merge*

One of the basic problems with CoH's server system is that the more "popular" servers get more players because they are popular. New or recently joined players login, and see a server list that's largely green across the board. Then, on Friday or Saturday night, they might see Virtue or Freedom turn in a yellow or red signal.

Ergo, new or recently joined players head to Virtue and Freedom because they obviously have the highest population, and therefore will automatically bring about a better gaming experience.

The flipside to this is that trolls also understand that servers with higher usage ratings also draw a higher average number of players. Thus, the type of people who frequent... say... 4chan... somethingaweful... or ebaumsworld... well. They basically log into the most popular server(s) because they know they have the highest chance of successfully finding somebody to torque off.

Atlas Park is especially vulnerable as it's the first choice for new players out of training. For those who have been playing the game, it also offers a nice gathering point under Atlas, and has various services like the Auction House.

So, players out looking to make trouble are pretty much going to hit Freedom and Virtue AP's first.

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Now, I'm not saying this doesn't happen on other servers. It does. Atlas Park broadcast tends to be filled with some of the most... I don't want to say stupid because it's insulting to stupid... and I can't say what I want to say since the people who think this kind of trolling is funny or worth doing are a lot like the current majority party in ... I can't finish that sentence either without causing Ocho to have to drop by...

Anyways. This sort of visual / verbal tripe pretty much happens all the time in Atlas Park, it's just more noticeable on Freedom and Virtue.

It's also more noticeable on the Blue Side because of CoV's... well, less than perfect map designs. CoV's lack of of a convenient gathering point has been discussed multiple times in multiple threads.