Rolled/Changed alignment to a Hero instead of a Villain because 'nobody plays villains?'

...or because 'red side is dead?'

Congratulations, you're the cause of the complaint.

This ain't rocket science.

I only make heroes because a traveler from the future told me that one day the Thread of the Damned would vilify the pure and condemn the just. That day has come and my preemptive retribution has proven to be completely sound.

I've done hundreds of Tips, but never changed alignment

90% of my toons are confirmed villains, never felt dead to me lol

I'm... so.. is this thread just to be confrontational? I'm not sure what you're hoping for except people going "Yup" or "nope" or "The REAL Reason redside is dead is..".

I play redside as little as possible... doesn't bother me that it has a lower population, because I never stay there anyways

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Originally Posted by Paladiamors I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

Gee, you say the majority of people that choose to play a super hero game prefer playing super Heroes?

Really? I'd have never guessed that. I'd have thought they'd want to pretend to be accountants.

Red side was less populated even before side switching. The cause of red side being less popular is that it is actually less popular, although switching to the more populated faction has made it worse.

...and you know, Rogues exist for players that want to team with a lot of people but also play redside.

I've never wanted to be a villain - there's enough of those in real life.

You want villainy? Take Agent White there, lording that cute avatar in front of me. Can I hang him by his little neck until he stops breathing? Then beat him with a stick until his guts come spraying out like bloody candy?

...or am I...the villain

Your first post asserts that people who wanted to play redside, but left because of low population, are the cause of the low population problem. I'm pointing out that red population has always been low, not just because of people eventually giving up and going hero. If red population wasn't low in the first place, people wouldn't feel a need to go hero.

I don't mean "popularity" as in "how much people like red side", I mean "how much people actually play red side", which is objectively measurable, and only indirectly a function of opinion. It is less popular ("less populated", if you prefer) than blue side, and always has been.

Blaming the players for being in a Prisoner's Dilemma situation is rather silly.

He's only blaming the players that see population as an issue... then, instead of staying as a small boon they leave making it worse... and then telling other people that's why they did it. Which, arguably, is worse than just doing it.

I roll Heroes because I get money for nothin' and the chicks for free.

I switched from villian to Hero because of the Welcome Wagon basket when I got off the sub in IP. It had cookies. Yummy white chocolate chip and macadamia nut cookies. They were still warm.

meh

I agree with both sides of this and actually play both sides (more vills though). There really isn't any shortage of redside action if you're on the right server. The same people that say redside is dead, if I was on that server...I would probably say bluside is dead as well compared to where I play.

Get on the global channels, get into an active SG/coalition and let the high optempo, villainy goodness commence.

Done.