1) Because there's a off-topic forum for discussions not pertaining to Tremulous. Yeah w/e.
2) Because he wants to stay in touch with the community in hopes that one day he does play again. By flaming people?
3) He doesn't post very much anyways. I agree.But the only posts he posts are to cuss and flame people not to inform people.
As general responses to this thread.
1) Henners has a good point. Even if his list is rather mean, all of it is true. Owning ppl doesn't mean you're superior.
2) The ideas Pentium came up with were all the make the game more enjoyable, possibly by implementing ideas that he saw in other games (i.e. the rocket launcher from nearly every FPS made) but I don't think Pentium really considered the impact of these ideas. Currently, Trem is pretty balanced (IMHO), but with the implementations that Pentium is suggesting, I think the game-play will go funky and no longer be an enjoyable experience. So rather telling him that his ideas are bad in an acceptable way uou insult him?
1) Agreed.
2) The flames are true, thus instead of lying to Pentium, Henners tells the truth.
3) It seems you have a misconception about the idea of flaming; Henners is criticizing the most basic mistakes that a new forum makes. The insults that you take Henner's comments to be may be hurtful, but all of them are criticizing the topic starter's post in a truthful way. If you keep the idea in your head that criticizing people is OMFG INSULTING, then don't go to school - you'll be criticized by your teachers a lot there.
1) What the hell are you talking about?
2) If you expect a forum to be like parents (always saying 'Oh, it's alright that you messed up; here, have a cookie) then you need to learn the ways of the internet. Plus, once again, our 'insults' are TRUTHFUL!
Bottom line: We value truth over sugar-coated lies.