KanslozeClown, Apollo, Jamz, Stef - To name but a few.
Four grown men who gave years of their free time for the good of the community. But time and time again were driven away by quite literally children.
In light of that fact I will now make my proceeding views very clear.
Some of the users on this forum, such as Marti and Vanquish (and Undead, previously) really lower the standard around here. They are clearly driven by one, quite frankly myopic goal: To make Assault Cube like Quake Live / Reflex. They will do anything (except doing it themselves) to get this goal as fast as they can, and if being a complete dick to those who give a lot of their free time for the game, so be it. I used to be a lot like this, you can check my old account on this forum ("Harps") or on ESReality and such to see, so I know first hand how unsustainable their goals are. They want our thing to be like this other thing (Quake Live / Reflex), that already exists, and already does it much better. They can't accept that our game has very limited resources and that, as Stef has clearly stated in these words before - It is "Put Up Or Shut Up".
In fact, we see this clearly when Lucas and Drakas present their competitive AC client. Vanquish, for example, couldn't wait to pick holes in it and then refuse to play it. Again, no alternative offered.
Sometimes in life you have to take it on the chin. Play the waiting game a bit.
These guys can't even do that.
Many of the other games I have played never had these kinds of problems in their forums or with their community. But we are now too far gone for even heavier moderation to fix it. Sad really, the needs of many outgunned time and time again by the needs of few - How little have we gained, and how much have we lost?
Four grown men who gave years of their free time for the good of the community. But time and time again were driven away by quite literally children.
In light of that fact I will now make my proceeding views very clear.
Some of the users on this forum, such as Marti and Vanquish (and Undead, previously) really lower the standard around here. They are clearly driven by one, quite frankly myopic goal: To make Assault Cube like Quake Live / Reflex. They will do anything (except doing it themselves) to get this goal as fast as they can, and if being a complete dick to those who give a lot of their free time for the game, so be it. I used to be a lot like this, you can check my old account on this forum ("Harps") or on ESReality and such to see, so I know first hand how unsustainable their goals are. They want our thing to be like this other thing (Quake Live / Reflex), that already exists, and already does it much better. They can't accept that our game has very limited resources and that, as Stef has clearly stated in these words before - It is "Put Up Or Shut Up".
In fact, we see this clearly when Lucas and Drakas present their competitive AC client. Vanquish, for example, couldn't wait to pick holes in it and then refuse to play it. Again, no alternative offered.
Sometimes in life you have to take it on the chin. Play the waiting game a bit.
These guys can't even do that.
Many of the other games I have played never had these kinds of problems in their forums or with their community. But we are now too far gone for even heavier moderation to fix it. Sad really, the needs of many outgunned time and time again by the needs of few - How little have we gained, and how much have we lost?