Huggles wrote:
Introducing the convoluted ranking system couldn't have been a result of laziness. Laziness was giving people with 0 points at the end of the Ice Caves the same prize as people with thousands. It took too much effort to make that war suck to qualify as laziness. They're either incredibly stupid or incredibly malevolent. And stupidity, or perhaps ignorance, is easier to remedy than malevolence.
Huggles, for some reason what you wrote had me giggling (I love intelligent sarcasm), while at the same time nodding in agreement.
The last war with the awful ranks was supposed to make things more "fair" for the new people - either new to the site or new to battling. However, all the other wars were open to new people and the only ones I ever saw complaining were the ones who couldn't be bothered to train or buy weapons (you don't have to spend millions on a set, especially if you're just starting). Some people just want something for nothing. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, TNT decided to pander to the whiners who cried "It's Not Fair that
put uber pet/username here got so many points and got such great prizes and all I got was a t-shirt", not taking into account that the people who really DO look forward to wars are those of us who spend every np we can on training and on trying to get weapons. And the uber pets? How much time/how many millions have been spent getting those pets where they are?
Gets down off soggy cardboard box bus, climbs in and drives away.
I actually hope the LD is just a plot (no war) like Mystery Island was. Without the huge TP glitch/shutdown of course