lol wtf are you even talking about? I just popped in the server to see if everyones getting in on the PU's, which they weren't. I was also at work cause time zone like i usually am so i couldnt play anyway. how do you expect them to learn and get better? they are obviously not learning from pugs. also there was a good 20 ppl on, a 10v10 base pug would be pretty cool, nothing wrong with playing a base pug atleast 1once every 3 LT PUs or something. I don't see whats wrong with trying to get everyone to play a PU, make it noobs vs noobs if anything.
You popped in for a few minutes to see that some players didn't get picked for the 2nd PU. We played 7.
I don't have each of the screen shots, but the last 3 PU's were inclusive of all the people that remained who weren't AFK. I think Fixious even played the last 3, at least 2 of the last 3. Hell, some random dude named dingo caucus played the last 2 PU's and he wasn't very good. If a decent new player wants to play in a pu, they should watch a few first and prove they are committed to wanting to play. Hell, even saying something about wanting to play would go a long way as far as getting into a PU.
Let me explain something to you - I like to be thorough. Read it if you want, or don't - but if you don't, than don't bother bitching about it next Thursday when we PU.
Tribes is a fun game. However, it is no where near what it once was - obviously. The active player list is under 50. This means that there is only 1 server of LT going on every night. This also means that every single night, we are subject to playing PUB matches with a plethora of players who don't have the slightest clue as to how to play the game properly, and most of those players don't even care to learn how to play it properly. This list includes, but is not limited to - Chaka Cent, Gimli, VAV, Morgawr, Exodus, Joe Daddy, Hempstendt, Xpea, sig, and red. On any given night, there are at least 1 or 2 of these players playing, if not more.
When those players play, they immediately bring down the credibility of the PUB, because they either don't give a shit (gimli - I love you man, but it's true), just plain suck to the point where they effect a game so badly that they essentially ruin the pub of any semblance of competition (chakacent, VAV), or they just don't listen (Morgawr, red, Joe Daddy).
Does that mean by PUing we DON'T include players like - CAPSLOCK, Texas, eviltree, and others that would be included in tier 2-tier 3... No. If these players stick around for a couple PU's, or maybe leave and come back towards the end of the 2-3 hours - they would more than likely get picked, or at least be able to play a map or 2. In fact, I was very close to picking Capslock the other night, but I had already picked the 2 players I wanted capping.
The competitive community yearns for a glimmer of the past, just a few hours a week of actual tribes. A few hours is not much to ask from the week. If we were playing PU's every single night - which would essentially kill tribes, so that would be stupid - we WOULD include everyone. But as it stands now, we are playing 1 night a week. And last week was actually the first night that we played for more than 2-3 maps (about an hour of gameplay) - so really, is it that big of a deal?? christ.
I don't care if we could have done a base PU, we planned the night for LT pu's. A base PU with the players that were in there would not have worked. It would have basically been an 8v8 base PUB, because 2-3 on each team would not have done what they were told to do, and would have fucked the map.