Population stats PVP vs PVE

[Chorizotarian]

People roll horde because they want to be overpowered in PvP. I prefer alliance because 1) that attitude pisses me off and 2) I find the horde capitol cities mostly depressing. To each his own.

[Eteocles]

There was a thread posted awhile back that asked "Why is Horde so much smarter/better at pvp than Alliance?", and he included a fully thought out and explained hypothesis with it: Natural Selection. All Alliance major cities are generally flat Circles. Easy to find your way around in, little complexity. Horde towns are maze-like messes with multiple exits and levels. Undercity is sort of a circle but has 3-4 lvls in the city part itself let alone the ruined area above it; thunder bluff is spread out into multi-level bluffs and caves; orgrimmar is a roof-filled nightmare with npcs spread out to a point that running from them to AH to lvl professions is a bitch, engs especially who're way fucking back in the furthest area possible from AH; and christ Silvermoon City is fucking huge and has 2 or 3 AHs and Inns BY ITSELF, let alone the trainers being spread out everywhere and full of random distracting npcs and everything being a blended pastel color.

Bottom line was, it's easier/gentler on idiots in Alliance areas, while Horde have to actively think just to survive their own fucking towns, let alone pvp. I think the example in the thread was, "Noob rolls Horde alt, gets lost and falls off shit constantly in horde towns, goes fuck this and rolls alliance, merrily running in circles in IF/SW"

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Now that's an interesting take on it.

[roddo]

I actually prefer the horde cities except for the blood elf shithole. That place is retardly large. Darnassus is spread out, stormwind is also, ironforge is easy to get around. Horde cities have more character, orgrimmar is cool with the drag and the different sections of the city, and thunderbluffs not that complicated to me either. I rolled alliance because friends did, I play horde because i like the characters more. To each their own, but I think you'll find alot of people just like to play plain old stupid humans, its easier for them to relate.

[Chorizotarian]

Bottom line was, it's easier/gentler on idiots in Alliance areas, while Horde have to actively think just to survive their own fucking towns, let alone pvp. I think the example in the thread was, "Noob rolls Horde alt, gets lost and falls off shit constantly in horde towns, goes fuck this and rolls alliance, merrily running in circles in IF/SW"

My experience is that the vast majority of times when the horde dominate in PvP it's because they have better gear and/or more twinks. All of this other stuff about racials, horde team mentality, demographics, etc. may matter, but it's a way smaller factor in most cases than the simple question of who has the best gear.