Blur is right. Bad servers and unfriendly people exist in either version; it's nothing but a misconception that one version is better or worse than another.

Sadly though, having people buy 1.24 isn't going to work - people here are apparently too poor or too paranoid (or stupid?) to use sites like eBay. However, it might be worthwhile for J2O to offer a webstore with copies of the game. This way, people could buy from a site they trust and any proceeds would go toward the community they like.

Not an ideal solution, but Blur is completely right that separating the communities intentionally is just dumb, especially when 1.24 is superior in oh so many ways.