Quote Originally Posted by robmurphy View Post
Yep, I see that. One of the most notable things is the consolidation of factions (mergers) which in themselves often don't work.

I will accept that, theoretically, if SUP and EW agreed to go non-gold for a cycle, then things may happen. But the problems are way beyond the herculean tank of persuading 120 players (yes, I'm one of them) to not spend gold.

The Top 3 down would all need convincing too because they'd all love to beat SUP and EW, so you're not trying to convince 120 players, your trying to convince 1,000 players

Also, you may end up flushing the baby out with the bath water as that sudden shock of lost revenues may cause GREE to park MW

I'm pretty sure I heard speed give this same answer on more than one occasion. You're dealing with a huge amount of variables here (yes, ego is a damn big variable). All it would take is a few people from the top 1,000 players making a rush in the last few hours of the non-gold WD for the whole thing to implode. Remember nearly all humans are greedy.

This will not happen. But I'd be very happy to be proved wrong.
And that'd just kill you, wouldn't it - missing top spot for one cycle, even if the message sent might save the game. Doesn't that strike you as lame?

And there ladies and gentlemen we see the root problem.