Ok, so, I posted a similar thread to this one about a positive influence on the industry hopefully due to our efforts, but it was in regards to Champions Online rather than Guild Wars 1 or some other fantasy MMO, and I was immediately locked--unlike this very Guild Wars 1 thread.
I know that the rationale is that I was locked because there was a discussion about this topic on the Champions forum, but I was actually talking about the exact same thing as this thread--the fact that that our efforts have possibly made a positive difference for another game.
Honestly, it seems like the reason that there is a special Champions forum is just so that that game is walled off from general discussion as much as possible.
I know that there are "Heroes and Villains" and "The Phoenix Project" in the works, but there is also Champions Online---and that is ok. It seems like any other Superhero MMO is a touchy subject on these boards--which is understandable, I guess, but it's not really healthy.
I know I'll get flamed or banned or whatever for this, but--it isn't a zero sum game, and Champions isn't the enemy. The healthier the Superhero MMO niche becomes, the better for all of us. There is an old saying--the rising tide lifts all ships.