OK, I'm not sure if the original poster meant what this string of posts has been directed at. So far what everyone has been talking about are the sterotype characteristics of the Horde and the Alliance players on the average server.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Horde: Lesser in number, (perhaps) more mature, older etc.
Alliance: Greater in number, more casual players, younger etc.
But I donno, this might be because of the attributes of two factions which Blizzard designed the game with. For example, no one can dispute that the Horde has been portayed as the more "bad guys" team. If you read the history of Azeroth, the Horde has had many more affliations with the "confirmed" evil guys like the Burning Legion, the Scourge (the Horde Forsaken was actually regenade part of it at a time), and the races which the Horde is made up of are less "human". If you read Lord of the Rings, Orcs and Trolls are the baddies which the Humans, Dwarves, and Elves fight against. The term Undead is like a direct opposition to a Human, who is usually the hero (Star Wars, LOTR, basically any fantasy fiction book will have a human hero). Tauren and Blood Elves are perhaps exempt, because no one would have heard of them before Blizzard created them. On the other hand, (LOTR again) Humans, Dwarves, and (Night) Elves are usually good guys in a fantasy world (humans especially), and WoW is no exception in the eyes of many.
This may well be the reason that there are many more younger people in the Alliance, as well as it having a greater population. Kids have more pure views of "good" and "evil' in the sense that Alliance = good and Horde = evil. Obviously its not so simple, having both ways of each faction (Dark Iron Dwarves, Illidian Stormrage (once an elf!), Cenarion Circle etc.), but this is maybe why they prefer to be Allies.
As for the Horde, I'm not sure what the motivation is to be on the side with less pure affliations, but since the youger people go Alliance, someone must go Horde. Maybe its because older people can look past the Alliance = good and Horde = bad thing.
Did I answer the question???
FOR EXAMPLE:
Horde: Lesser in number, (perhaps) more mature, older etc.
Alliance: Greater in number, more casual players, younger etc.
But I donno, this might be because of the attributes of two factions which Blizzard designed the game with. For example, no one can dispute that the Horde has been portayed as the more "bad guys" team. If you read the history of Azeroth, the Horde has had many more affliations with the "confirmed" evil guys like the Burning Legion, the Scourge (the Horde Forsaken was actually regenade part of it at a time), and the races which the Horde is made up of are less "human". If you read Lord of the Rings, Orcs and Trolls are the baddies which the Humans, Dwarves, and Elves fight against. The term Undead is like a direct opposition to a Human, who is usually the hero (Star Wars, LOTR, basically any fantasy fiction book will have a human hero). Tauren and Blood Elves are perhaps exempt, because no one would have heard of them before Blizzard created them. On the other hand, (LOTR again) Humans, Dwarves, and (Night) Elves are usually good guys in a fantasy world (humans especially), and WoW is no exception in the eyes of many.
This may well be the reason that there are many more younger people in the Alliance, as well as it having a greater population. Kids have more pure views of "good" and "evil' in the sense that Alliance = good and Horde = evil. Obviously its not so simple, having both ways of each faction (Dark Iron Dwarves, Illidian Stormrage (once an elf!), Cenarion Circle etc.), but this is maybe why they prefer to be Allies.
As for the Horde, I'm not sure what the motivation is to be on the side with less pure affliations, but since the youger people go Alliance, someone must go Horde. Maybe its because older people can look past the Alliance = good and Horde = bad thing.
Did I answer the question???