🚀 go-pugleaf

Unfortunately,

This virtual space is filled with too many 'greater-than-thou' posters, 
who believe they make and enforce the rules, yet can disregard them (as 
they are above all that).  They post off topic repeatedly and all the 
time.  They are very cliquey, and of course bend their rules only for 
those of the 'inner circle' (clan).  Their heads are so large, that they 
actually believe _all_ other readers in the group care what they have to 
say, and that these readers also wish and desire to be a part of their 
'inner circle' (clan).  It is the free reign of the mob mentality/peer 
pressure zealots.

In many 'discussions', when they cannot come up with a constructive 
argument or counter point to something they disagree with, they take 
this weakness in their ability to communicate an idea personally.  They 
project this pent-up anger into ad hominem attacks in the future, at the 
very drop of a feather.  All the while, waiting in silence for that 
'enemy' to slip-up, in order to make their opportunistic mark.  Often 
times these attacks surface as plonks, top-posting flames, or threats of 
abuse reports.  Mostly it's simply name calling, usually with curse words.

It is rediculous and almost unfathomable how fucking stupid they are. 
They can't even figure out how immature and *totally obvious* their 
methods are (or the fact that these methods have no affect on anyone, 
but the simple minded already in their clan).  You almost have to feel 
sorry for these pathetic wretches...

The best recourse is to offer up a single reply in order to explain the 
hypocracy or hyperbole in their methods, or to simply ignore their 
rantings.  To be quite honest, I'd rather not play Q3 with the majority 
of the people in this group (however, I'll bet I already do).  Most are 
IRC jockeys, and just cant STFU (as if the Q3 console is IRC/ICQ).


Chicken wrote:
> I speak from much experience here. Lets get one thing straight, I do
> not think because I have been arround that I am better than anyone, or
> that I know any better than anyone. I can only speak from what I have
> seen, in sadly what is several years now.
> 
> When I started out in the ol NG , q2,  agq2 actually, there were no
> clans really, but this guy named sigil started a server just for folks
> on the NG to play on. There was much talking about who could kick
> who's ass and so forth. Sigil started a server and the "who could kick
> who's ass"  threads turned into "man that was fun last night"  or
> GG's at sigils, gg's at the backup haus threads. Was always fun. Other
> folks such as ford and Killer tossed up other servers for people to
> play on and the fun continued. 
> 
> Then Q3 came around and PIT fired up his servers. There was a lotta
> crap going on in this NG at the time, but after there was a server for
> everyone to play on it was really very fun. There was IG, DM, and CA.
> 
> There was a community. People played and had fun. Even folks from
> across the seas joined and despite the outrageous pings seemed to have
> fun. Well I had fun lag killing them anyway, but I am silly like that.
> 
> The thing that ruined it for me was the introduction of clan nonsense
> into it all. I was part of a NG clan and quickly quit while denouncing
> it at the same time. Others sadly did not listen. they formed clans
> and displayed this holier than thou attitude while quickly abandoning
> the NG, only to come back at their leisure expecting to be treated as
> royalty in the imaginary kingdom that the felt they created ,but had
> left behind.
> 
> What this place needs is a place for regs to play on. No clans, no BS,
> just some fun.
> 
> Whatever has offered a server, I can offer servers as well. Maybe not
> the best pings, but that never mattered before when playing amongst
> friends.
> 
> I am sure there are others here that have bandwidth that can offer up
> some servers. What mods, maps and options do you all want?
> 
> Let's get something going /