Bring Back the 'Bitter Sea'

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There is an aspect to this game that has been lost since they took out the old section "The Bitter Sea". It was there many things could be hashed out and quibbled over, rants givens voice and objections a place to be heard.

The Politics & Diplomacy section was used more like a news board, where alliances gave notice to others of political intent, desired actions or stated alliance policy to give fair and community wide notice for what was going to (or potentially to) take place and yet give the opportunity  for the community at large to speak their peace. This gave the alliance a good feel for how their policy would be received and whether it might needs some tweaking. Shoot alliances used to post here about their newly achieved Confederation status or mergers of alliances.

Since the Bitter Sea section was removed this has basically become a combination of both and it has become more of the complaint room (nothing necessarily wrong with that) than anything that often deals with actual politics and diplomacy. Now I'm not saying it didn't flow over into here sometimes but more often than not people understood the "Politics & Diplomacy" was not a place for rants (good or bad) and that the "Bitter Sea" was not the place to post Community information for the masses.

I would like to the see the Bitter Sea, re-established and give the community a place to be able to vent (properly and with potential courtesy) without the fear of threads being shut down for being off topic (hey, it happens). Removing the 'Bitter Sea' section is like sealing a release valve on a high pressure machine, without it being able to be used, it will eventually create an effect that is never good.

For me personally, I would like to see the "Politics & Diplomacy" go back to how it was previously and mainly used. Again, while I understand there is some cross over regarding content, in the main they were typically used in the manner discussed above.

Anyone feel the same??

(or is it just me)


Edited by belargyle - 14 Feb 2013 at 08:50