@chadthurston
Good post and you pretty much covered all the thoughts of the players that choose not to stand in a line for a badge but instead play the game the way we wish to play, and of course we hope some day before the curtain drops for good on CnC that others will see that the game offers so much more too. It should not just be played in its current manner but should should involve so much more fighting to prove position of strength and right to earn that badge that so many crave to own. Sad but the diplomacy of forming that lines and waiting to badge is strangling the game that many players out there love to play. They should look in the mirror and ask is this really what they want?
In the meantime we sit and watch guys take their ticket and watch them sit in line until their number is called.
mmm Lemmings i think i should go play Lemmings again ;-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game) Take care and Merry Xmas all.