Blade here. I'm fairly certain few of you know my name. This is because I only ever frequent 3 servers (out of 150+). When I started playing last summer, as many of you, the game was different. Tactics were less developed and the community was haphazard.
Today I encountered another person who tried to judge me based on 10 minutes in game with me. They got pretty furious with some experimental building of mine, and in flaming me, played the Seniority Card. We all know the Seniority Card. It's when we get pissed at someone, so in order to back up the fact that we're right, we say "I bin playin Tremulus fir 1 year" And it's usually true.
SO WHAT? I'd like everyone to take a step back and understand that there are a lot of people who have stuck with the game since it has become standalone. You can also appreciate that there were people we'll never know about who got in and out of Tremulous during Quake. What would do if you played a seniority card on one of those people? You'd be embarassed. But why? Surely this Quake player has done the same thing?
Consider this... What would you do in the same scenario if it had happened 9 months ago? Not much. There wasn't much reason to get pissed at somebody unless they screwed up. None of us had seniority cards to play (We still don't).
Keep your cool the next time you get thrown into one of these situations. Never even think about saying "Hey, you're wrong, I've been playing for a year." If someone's wrong, they're wrong, but it has nothing to do with how long they've played the game. Don't be that arrogant person who is too good for everybody else, because there is ALWAYS SOMEONE BETTER. And don't stick with a clan just because they give you people to talk to or play with. If you're not happy with a clan, leave. I am living proof that you don't need to go around wearing a clantag or boasting how much of a veteran you are for a) you to thoroughly kick some ass in game b) people to know who you are c) people to like you
I make no comments to this. I do not expect that it needs comments, either, only addendums - there are definitely more problems with the way people behave in this game than are covered here, and feel free to pool each others' thoughts about those problems. We're all humans here - let's treat each other accordingly.
