Dudes, there's nothing "wrong" with either side of the spectrum here.
People can find fun in playing on either server, whether it be exclusively one or switching between the two freely. I have characters on both red and blue.
I find this bashing and belittling of the "other side" to be annoying. Both sides can come up with a thousand analogies as to why it's better to stick to their own server and why the other server is inferior or "worse". To highlight dumb stuff like "On blue you wait, but on red you compete" is total crap. There's waiting and competing on both servers, just to different levels and degrees. Yes, of course the population on red is lower and top heavy, and yes of course you have to wait around and can't kill your opponent freely on blue, but it's silly to sit around and nit-pick at each other in defense of why your server is "better". It doesn't have to be black and white. What's so difficult about appreciating both sides of the spectrum for what they are instead of going out of your way to make others feel bad who enjoy a gameplay style different from yours?
Personally, I've spent a LOT of time on both PvE and PvP oriented games. They both have their pros and cons. It doesn't make either one superior or inferior to each other (some may disagree). It boils down to a matter of the mindset of the player and how each person wants to spend their time (a resource we can't get back). Everybody, and I mean everybody, has a different gaming experience. Transposing your own on top of somebody else's and saying they're wrong to think/feel differently is narrow minded, to say the least.
This back and forth antagonizing, belittlement, passive aggression, and inferior/superior crap is toxic and pointless. I know some people get their rocks off doing this sort of crap, though, so whatever. People need something to argue about (guess that's one reason why the RnF section exist). I kick the dust off my feet at them.
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