What do the official forums and the fan forums want?

It seems that's exactly what's happening. There appear to be more hardcore Warlords of the Wastelands (WOTW) haters than Shades of Darkness (SOD) haters, and even those who play WOTW can also play SOD (though they might not want to), so by default, SOD ends up being the preferred version. In this situation, SOD haters, who are unwilling to compromise, end up excluding themselves from tournaments.

However, WOTW haters also exclude themselves from tournaments due to various reasons, like the mirror match. Maybe they should be enticed with that?