Spend some time at the Tribes Next and T2 TWL forums. There is a sense of community among T2 players today that hasn't existed in LT for the better part of 5 years. I say LT, because we seem to be the only sect of the T1 community that has a hard time getting along with each other and putting aside the the petty bullshit for the sake of the game. Everywhere else, be it renegades, annihilation, or duel, there is a group of people who hang out every single night, and who are respectful to each other. They're just there to have fun.
These days, I'm in Argh's more than anywhere else. Nightly, I see sleepy, joe daddy, and lost. A few times a week, I see skillz and snow. There, everyone is calm, collected, and just having a good time. No one is trolling. No one is fucking with people just see if they can get a rise out of them. It's just fun. Ten minutes later, we could all be sitting in an LT server, and everyone is raging hard again.
I don't know what it is, nor do I care. I have zero faith that anything in this community will change, and I can't find a single fuck to give about trying to improve a community made up of angry children who have nothing better to do than troll each other.