Honestly instead of arguing about which one requires more skill why not just make some sort of compromise.Cause as of now its impossible to convince both ends to switch to the other version.I personally prefer 1.9,but we are all entitled to our own opinion.Also if the owners wanted to switch to 1.9 they would have,I have a feeling they didnt do this because they dont want to be a generic pvp server that uses 1.8,or they want to be original.Both pvp systems have their perks but you dont have to jump to the skill argument automatically. :P