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How is the AK bothering you: want to - appeal to them, want to - kick them around..
the same applies to any opinion

This is really simple if I interact with the AK from a position of strength - when they can't get at me, but I can get at them.

In forum communication, that's exactly the situation. But when participating in tournaments under the AK's jurisdiction, the situation is reversed.

A Shaolin master is a tough guy, but he would still prefer to run from an aggressive mob with sticks.

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1) those who want to play for fun in one direction

2) those who want to sign up for the Olympic reserve school for HoMM in the other

For me, the first option will always be the one. Heroes is a heartfelt pleasure, a pleasant pastime, pleasant conversation partners, etc. - this game doesn't bring any profit, I'd even say it's the opposite, but why doesn't anyone who has taken a liking to it give it up? The thrill of the game, the uncertainty up to a certain point, the intrigue... and always a pleasant pastime...

P.S. each to their own - they'll figure out what interests them

I'll explain again, for the umpteenth time:

Yes, there are people who enjoy the process of horsing around itself. These people are self-sufficient, so they don't stand out, and they don't have much influence on forum matters (because they don't need it).

But the face and content of the forum are people who want something. That is, to achieve something for themselves - it could be a rating, it could be titles, it could be respect for community work, it could be a sense of their own awesomeness, it could be many other things. Profit isn't measured by money alone.

So when someone tells me that the game process itself is important to them, and then in a neighboring topic starts ranting at their season opponent, like "why the hell aren't you confirming the report," I understand that the person is blatantly being hypocritical.

Similarly, if a person says that the main thing is the enjoyment of the game and heartfelt communication, and then starts actively discussing why the HeroesWorld team performed so poorly in the inter-portal event. Isn't it irrelevant how they performed? Does that somehow interfere with heartfelt communication?

In fact, the entire active part of HeroesWorld consists precisely of such people - those who want something. These people embody the forum, they also guide its development, they also create its reputation. It's just that someone creates it through the results of their games, someone through running tournaments, someone through forum fluff.

So, comrade scorp, at least don't try to feed me this nonsense that your only purpose here is to hang out and move horsies around. If that were the case, you wouldn't have joined the AK, you wouldn't be throwing your weight around here at every turn, you would only participate in fun tournaments, you wouldn't show off in front of Navuch, and much more. Plus, I've met you in real life, and if there's one thing I'm very good at, it's determining certain qualities of people by their faces. So you don't need to pretend to be a fluffy little kitten in front of me - I can clearly see the needles under the fur and the hungry growling :)