The thing everyone has to agree on first is that the most unrealistic part of tribes is beacon hoping.
I mean everytime I have a tribes dream I bend over to beacon hop and do a super rad handstand and I just end up topping over gawd damnit.
And yeah, I agree with Thump. I was in same boat as kitteh, and most players who didn't get picked years ago. I wanted to start getting picked for PU's, so I chose to work on learning the positions better (especially home D and LO, because those were the positions nobody wanted to play, or weren't good at.) I got pretty good at Home D, and then I started getting picked for PU's because they knew I could Home D - and the rest of the last picks in observer were too one-dimensional. So I'd usually get picked last, or at least bottom 3 - or not at all. And when I didn't get picked, I watched and learned.
That's what motivated me to get better at tribes, and that's why I want to bring PU's back. Would be nice to have some more competition in PUBs.
You're a very capable player R$E. You're a solid chaser, and are capable of playing all the other positions. Whenever I captain a PU, I'm looking to pick players that can play multiple positions well - it makes it much easier assigning positions. One player can bring down an entire team.
Last PU of last thursday is a good example - I didn't give clear directions to a drunk/high Two Moons and he didn't know what the fuck he was doing on LO - We switched mid-map, but by then it was too late. If we'd have had someone that knew how to LO clearing for mun and clown - we'd have either won, or at least made it a closer game.
I want to do a better job of involving capable players in OBS, but I'm not going to forfeit a potential GG just to give gimli some playing time in a PU unless he's a last resort.
If you're in Tier 1 or maybe even a few in tier 2 - you can expect some playing time in PU's. But the entire point of having PU's is so that we can actually have some even, competitive games of tribes 1 night a week!
BTW - if you all hadn't already figured out, I am long-winded. I am a writer, so it is natural for me to write a lot LOL