you must be including the tf2 people in this observation
I understand y we dont need houses anymore, but why get rid of them?
also, i hope all the fl people still hang around in vent, we will find some other channel to populate.
....and this all happened in the two weeks i have been overseas. what a quick, sudden change...
-Blue....
Actually, I was thinking of people like
Two Listen (Former house leader of Unit 7, returning eGO)
Anorexia Nervosa (Former HL of FL)
Kazuo (Former IG, been here nearly 2 years)
BritishBrat (knew it would upset people, thought it was a good idea still)
BlindsFell (Originally a RAIDER house member)
Booster (Former HL, Former DL)
Paquitox (Former IG member)
Thor (Former eGO and Former HL)
Gen. Sniper (Former RAIDER, Current Admin Recruiter)
Kurdt Cobain (Former HL of DAM)
FrazarMan (Former SR, finally free to spread his wings on other servers)
Bones (Former TR, been with the clan for nearly a year now)
Mr.Q (Former HH)
Servant (Former Admin Recruiter, Former RD)
Peart (eGO, Former TR member)
Fallopian (eGO, former TR member)
Insurge (Former HH house advisor)
RedOne (eG, DoD side)
CigarJohn (eGO, Former FL member)
All of the above posted positively about the change, and ALL are DoD players. I think that pretty much proves the point. That's not even including the people who posted that while it has them upset, they're looking forward to the new change...
As far as why get rid of the houses even though we don't need them... That's some what redundant. They were not needed, so why NOT get rid of them? People who didn't join a house were being held back because there were no House Leaders looking out just for them when it came to promotions. I mean, I've pretty much stated all of that already, as have others. Then think about the in-fighting, the break off clans, the "you're wearing the wrong house tag on MY server, so you can't admin here" situations we've had to deal with... The list is endless for why Houses have lived out their neccessity here.
Sorry it seemed like such a sudden change, Blue. In actuality, this change has been coming slowly but surely. Originally, House Forums were shut down, so that House members would start posting in the general forums. Instead of following that subtle direction, houses' recruiting forums were then being cluttered with "house chatter" instead of just the stickies and application threads. It was evident then, that the houses had become more of a claustrophobic hinderance, and a liability. While I feel bad that this is what you came back to, when you had gone over seas, I can't lie to you and say that I'm sorry for the change. I personally embrace it, and hope to see less arguing in the servers and on the forums due to house animosity.