I haven't been flamed in a while, so I might as well put my two cents in and have some fun getting flamed.
Natural is absolutely right.
The people that are defending Tribes 2 are not true Tribes 1 vets. No one from the good old days (first 1-2.5) years of Tribes 1 is defending Tribes 2. That is because not only is the gameplay shit (you need mods to make it more similar to T1 in order for it to even be remotely interesting), but also the very development of the shitty sequal killed the T1 community. Teams started dropping off the ladder in the anticipation of this amazing T2, and after playing it didn't bother going back to Tribes 1.
Personally I miss the good old days of 200+ Tribes on the OGL ladder (even though now OGL is shit), 2-3, and sometimes 4, shoutcasted matches every night, and Tribalwar News headlines that actually have something to do with what people actually want to know about (T1).
Please flame me, it will do you a world of good.
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