[spydar]

I've heard, and experienced, a huge difference in the behaviour of Alliance and Horde players. I've found, and have discussed this with many fellow players, that the Alliance isn't quite as helpful to their fellows at the Horde is. many times I've been next to death while playing my Night Elf druid and no one has helped me, people just run by, let me take all the hits, and leave me to die even when I yell "HELP PLEASE!!!!". whereas when I play my Troll shaman I get help all the time, buffs, heals, even killing what's killing me. also, the banter that I read from the general channel seems much more pleasant, less whiney, or less insulting on the Horde channel as opposed to the Alliance channel.

during many discussions with my boyfriend and all his buddies, we've talked about this extensively (since they pretty much are exclusively Horde players). we wondered why this was. we thought maybe there are more alliance cause people want to gravitate to the "good" side, but mainly because the characters are "pretty". or maybe it's that there may be some age difference/experience difference between those who play Alliance and those who play Horde. the group of guys I talked to figure that the majority of Alliance players are "little punk kids who don't know proper game ettiquette." I have no idea if this is true (and actually would be quite interested to know the age ratios between the two sides), but I must say that (being 21) the Horde side does seem a tad more mature. the only annoying encounters I've ever had with other players have been while playing my Night Elf.

now I don't mean to start an Allaince/Horde shouting match here on the lovely Ironworks, but I would like to know if others have and these same thoughts? whether you agree or disagree I don't care, I just wanna know other people's thoughts on the subject.