To start off with, I was a Beta tester for the orginal XMP, and made the decision to leave U2XMP a bout 7 months ago. Why did I decide to do this? It was the based on the fact that another patch for the game was needed, which was not going to happen, and the people who played XMP at the time. Granted, I was never among the elite of XMP. I learned how to "trick jump" and Concussion Grenade jump, blah, blah, and blah.
You can ditch my credentials, feel they are worthless, whatever you think of them. The point that I am trying to make is not to make anyone upset, angry, pissed off, or even defensive. My point is to look at the situation. The beauty of forums is history... Look back at the past year that on all of the crap that has occurred in the Beyond Unreal forums. Its a freaking Moderator Nightmare!
I was on the Myunreal server tonight (Yes its true- its back up running XMP after the months of being down). I heard someone complaining about the "noobs" on the server that were pissing them off because they didn't know what they were doing.
I can understand frustration because you are on a losing team, but I believe what the "old schoolers" are missing is that fresh blood is an excellent thing. Cultivate it, and don't turn this game into another mod that just was. Hold your freaking tongue, or try to give them instruction... If not, refer them to the online manual, or a newbie friendly server. In other words don't alienate the next generation.
I am not asking you to play easier or anything short of everything that you have. As an outside observer who doesn't post but reads on a daily basis at work this has gotten utterly ridiculous.
Feel free to disagree with me. All I ask is that you keep it in a constructive manner, and also think about what you have written. Because, the "n00bs" go to UTXMP.com also.
"New School Power"
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