User blog comment:Tankswinger/The state of technology and influencing the wiki/@comment-10905876-20160816032000/@comment-27404954-20160816051107

It would still be rock-paper-scissors without technology at all. Oops! No, it wouldn't. It'd just be people who devote sixteen hours to moving pixels around ruthlessly crushing people to whom BSC -- the game -- is a hobby, not some sort of profession.

Without technology, there is no diversity.

When the effects of technology are explained in their magnitude, the reaction of those who do not possess such technology or the imagination to create it can be easily alikened to the Luddites: "Smash it! Burn it! Destroy it!"

And yet, in the end, the Luddites were wrong. The automatic loom, stitching machines, et cetera, all brought prosperity and profit, though many of those who did not have the intelligence to keep up with the Industrial Revolution were left behind.

Technology on this wiki serves much the same purpose. Without technology, RP stagnates as those who devote all their time to BSC are the only ones playing any more. Look at your own navy, Kevin. Without technology in a no-alliances situation, AIF would lose every time to Protoss thanks to Zumwalt simply spending more time in BSC than you do.

This is the point of why I began pushing the boundaries with technology in the first place! The Luddites claim I am destroying RP; well, what is more destructive? Over half the wiki being useless in any given battle, or people with imagination, creativity, and intelligence being allowed to shine and flourish regardless of the amount of time they spend on BSC or the mods they were able to download?

This is an instinctual response, and I will not stand for my work being destroyed by the proverbial country hick with a sledgehammer!