I already am participating (and leading some of them) over a dozen roleplays. I am not going to treat my players disrespectfully just to “prove” anything to you or others. But you are correct that those who want to do Arena (whatever way it is designed) should just do it. If people have time and energy to devote they should do it. But I can see why they might not want to given the pushback and sentiment given here in this thread. Role-playing is a fickle hobby and people are going to join and not stick around. But if you want Arena to rejuvinated and not be a decaying waste of space you want to make sure those newcomers want to stay around. 

The purpose of [u][i][b]role-playing[/b][/i][/u] is [i][u][b]collaborating[/b][/u][/i] creative ideas and creating a story. In my opinion that supersedes any precedent of an “alpha mentality” that suggests arena-oriented roleplay is inherently competitive. I respect your opinion, but I just think our perception inherently is oppositional so I'm just going to put the pin in this dialogue and move on to other things. I hope you get what you want out of the section in the future. I hope those who criticize it and want to partipcate actually put their money where their mouth is when they have the time to give. I hope everyone can be more constructive and productive in the future in terms of discussions like this. Despite the disagreements made in the last few pages I think some progress has been made.

Have a good one.