I have also found different things attract different people.
From my experience, the Alliance is more centered around kill-Count than actually winning. In my opinion, this because of a few things:
1. Alliance races are "cleaner." They tend to attract people who, like me, are slight control freaks. People who are control freaks tend to, in my opinion, lose sight of the end result in favor of smaller steps. Thus, they originally get centered on the kill-count and their addiction to that aspect of PvP grows.
2. The Alliance mentality itself may lend a hand. The lore behind the Alliance is that, "Not on our turf!" message. The Silverwing Sentinels are pissed because the Horde is using thier trees for lumber, cutting them down and hurting "their" forest. Humans are a very ignorant race when you think about it. They dislike the whole of the Orcish race because of History. If you recall, Admiral Proudmore was the real major shake that destroyed the true Grand Alliance because of his intolerance.
3. They get pissed off because of the horrible lag in IF, SW and Darnassus. (Only partially joking, it takes its toll over time.)
The Horde races are more goal oriented for a few reasons:
1. The Alliance has MANY more Twinks than the Horde does. So, growing up through the BGs, the Horde players learn to combat it the best they can. There is a low probability of beating a decent Twink player in combat. But, working as a team, they can be successful in capturing the flag. In the end, the flags often matter more.
2. They are the "Hulkish" races of Azeroth. Because of this, they attract players who may want to vent after a hard day at school, work or home. Players who are there for pure fun are often less "ZOMG! DIE DIE DIE YOU STUPID ^#$." This allows for greater teamwork, albeit it isn't much of a factor.
3. I, being a younger player, am perfectly willing to admit this. Younger players are way more likely to play immaturely than older ones. But, I also consider "Young" to stretch to the mid-twenties, where the party mentality starts to wear off. Some of the overly-hormonal teens can be quite annoying, and it only takes one person to make a game miserable.
There are a TON more factors that go into it all. "Pretty" and "Ugly" aren't really a cause of the difference between factions, but they do help it along.
The addition of a "Pretty" race to the Horde will not, in the long run, change anything really.
Mature players will still shun the less mature in the game, which will make them less likely to change factions. If you have a character in the forties and friends on one server, you aren't going to go somewhere where you are starting from scratch and finding it difficult to make friends. The bad players won't win games nor will they get into good raiding guilds.
It will be odd for the first month or so, but then it will even off.
I personally, will be rolling a Blood Elf as I have been waiting for them since the beginning. I currently tend to flip-flop Horde/Alliance because, even though I love Gnomes/Night Elves, I hate the Alliance atmosphere.
Oh yeah, and in case you were wondering, I am sixteen years old. Thought it might be an interesting perspective.
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