What do the official forums and the fan forums want?

Max, sorry, that's just nonsense. I'm not starting a war, like WoG players versus SoD players. I made a specific suggestion: HL+U templates are much more advantageous to play in the WoG version. That is, if you're trying to argue with me, your position should look like this: I prefer to play HL+U templates in SoD rather than in WoG because:

......(For example, I like having 10 gnolls at the start when playing as Swamp)
......

It's better with specific examples.

No, Pasha, this isn't nonsense. By saying that it's more advantageous to play WoG, you're suggesting not to play SoD (even within the framework you described), implying that WoG is better than SoD in the variants you proposed.

What does "advantageous" mean? I play SoD and don't play WoG not because of any advantage, but because I don't like WoG, and conversely, I prefer SoD in comparison. You know all the differences between WoG and SoD better than anyone, so take them all together and write them down on the forum; it will be a long list that changes the game. It shouldn't matter why SoD suits me, but the biggest reason I don't like WoG is the gameplay: people are constantly fiddling with things and tweaking everything over and over again, and you can't keep up with all the changes. That's why I love the old, good, always consistent, and single reliable SoD :D

And 10 gnolls aren't the problem. If I don't like the starting distribution, I'll look at the map and decide whether to play or restart. In short, I've accepted the "drawbacks" of SoD, and I'm happy with it. I see more drawbacks in WoG; what they are doesn't matter, there's no truth here, and there's no accounting for taste.

I suggest everyone play what they like best and stop with these pointless comparisons of versions :smile28:

Finally, it clicked. Searching for the golden mean is like searching for the golden Rune.

That's right :)