Hmm this thread has gotten waaaaaaay out of whack hehe.
Ok I noticed one count em one only post at Battlefront. It was not a barrage by any stretch
Battlefront is indeed a bit insular, but that is their right, I don't deny it to them, but I won't give them occalades either.
They can be either a great maker of games, and a pillar in the wargaming community, or merely a great maker of a few games, and not supportive of the hobby as a whole.
They chose the later. But that's their choice to make.
I should mention, that over at Wargamer Discussions where I help moderate, mention pirated games (or the means to do so) or even just supportive dialogue of the practice, and me or Bismarck will have a race to see who bans you firstest.
But I don't moderate here, so that is not my function.
Maybe my original post was not conducive to cross site political correctness.
I was just saddened, that someone at Battlefront could imply, that if it means nothing at Battlefront, it couldn't possibly have merit.
I discontinued directly participating in their forums, as a way of indicating, if they won't seek to support the hobby beyond the walls of Battlefront, then they had done nothing to earn my direct support of them as well.
I won't say their forums are not worth reading, I just won't contribute.
We wargamers all need each other. Ours is not a mass market volume friendly hobby. Standing alone is not advisable.