1) I'm not apologizing. I construed what you said to be a potshot.
2) I agree that it's not worth starting a flame war over
3) The game IS boiled down to numbers. HP, Mana, etc. You have 0 hp, you're dead (technically -10). It's inherent in the game. In fact, it's inherent in the way most pk muds are programmed, whether "rounds" are based on ticks or otherwise. Look at any pk mud code - it's a basic attribute.
The better pkers, which is what this thread is about (not necessarily how to have "fun" - arguably it's different than how to have "fun", but doing better / being more successful in a game typically equates to how to have "fun", especially in a game that you really can't "win", which is one of the appeal of muds), know certain basic game mechanics and how to utilize them efficiently to do better. Whether you have fun or not is not what this thread is about.
There was a request by a player and there was a helpful answer. You decided to put your comment in a way that was not exactly tasteful (and intentionally so). If that was not your intention, chalk it up to the stupidity of text messages (and I've had my share of misinterpretations).