Ok, what I've been noticing lately is that the SOF2 community is getting worse. The past few weeks I've had so many confrontations with flaming idiots. Let me give some details.

For example the LAMM clan that I ran into and whose Irc chat I read after I got kicked off their server for disagreeing with the cheat accusation of some admin.

Yesterday someone said I was lame for only shooting 'weak' snipers. (only because he was sniping and I killed the f00ker twice)

Also I've been (accidently) tked a lot, but hardly ever someone said sorry or whatever. My experiences with this game is that almost everyone used to say sorry when they tked someone but lately nobody seems to do it anymore.

Of course all this doesn't apply to the people that have been playing with before and were polite back then, but I really ended up being pissed off a couple of times because of the stupidity of a bunch of people playing this game.

You'd think Punkbuster would have stopped a lot of the whining about cheats, but now suddenly a lot of people seem to have hacked punkbuster (well, that's the opinion of those whiners).


So what I'm trying to say to everyone who feels addressed by this description:

- If you tk someone the least thing you can do is saying sorry... except of course if it obviously wasn't your fault.

- If you get your ass kicked then get some practice and keep that filthy mouth shut. Not every good player cheats.

when i breeze through new or unknown pub servers, i notice this as well.  don't know if it's kids or what.  i also get tired of lack of courtesy, especially with tk... i mean, dam, it takes how long to type "sry", and it makes everything warm and fuzzy.  anytime i don't get apology, i start to think it was intentional.  i think sry is also advisable even if it wasn't your fault, ie dead nade, idiot running in front, etc.  keeps from starting "revenge" tk when they think i did it on purpose.

as for the "Cheat" cries, ffs get over it dudes.  you got owned and that's it.  people have called me a cheat, and everyone here that has played me knows that's about as far from fact as can be.  NOBODY cheats that poorly.

i have begun playing most of the time on just a few servers that are populated with cool guys, and that are (coincidentally) well administered.  people that biscuit eater are tossed.  good enuf for me

I completely agree with you guys.  I have been playing since release and the community has steadily declined.  No one apologizes for TKs any more.  Last night, some guy said that he won't apologize because accidental nade kills happen all of the time.  It's common courtesy, people.  

And quit bitching about the USAS.  I don't like using it, but don't flame people that do.  The gun has no range whatsoever, so if you are getting killed by it constantly, it's your own fault.  If you can't deal, go to a server that has it banned.  

Be a responsible voter.  If someone complains about someone tking, look at their tk percentage before voting.  It should be pretty apparent that they are tking.  The other day, some guy on my team was tking all of us, but would stop short of 100%.  I called a vote 3 times to kick him and explained why, but most people just didn't vote.  The guy never got kicked.  

Finally, if someone kills you with a nice shot, let them know.  It's a nice contrast to the constant complaining and flaming that goes on.

Even if I didn't think I was in the wrong, I'll loose an "Oops" or "Sry" when I accidentally tk someone.  If I'm "busy" (in the heat of battle), I actually feel pretty crummy when I don't have time to apologize.

I think some people forget that it's just a game.

Any how..seeing that the people on this board all seem cool. How about another Forum shoot out? If I can enlisted MullinsRizza (Formely Agentmullins) help I'll try and set something up for the near future.

Yeah, Ive notcied that too.  Ive been playing arlier than I used to and the servers i usd to play on arent populated so Ive been jumping around more than usual.  There are too many idiots out there ruining the game.  

I love the guys that toss a fire nade in front of an attack or in front of the flag carrier while they are trying to get out of the enemy base.  that is my favorite idiot move that Ive seen lately.  Guess Ill have to go back to playing later in the night with all the 1337 players again.

Oh and guv, sounds cool to me with the forum server game again.

I don't think there is a great deal to be learnt about online play, most of it is simple common courteously.

I can't say I've played more than an hour multiplayer online in over 3 or 4 months to comment on the decline. But I have been quoted as saying this from day one - "the Counter Strike lamer community will scurry to SOF2 like rats from a sinking ship and infect SOF2 with their own brand of stupidity".

Sure there are good sensible people who play CS, but on the other side of the coin are the dickheads. If I flipped that coin 100 times it would land more than 50% of the time on the "dickhead" side.

Ark

Yeah, I've noticed people not apologizing for tk's as well.  I also recently got tk'd by some guy because I was working a corner and was in his way. I had no idea he was trying to get by me.  No warning shot, no request to move out of his way, he simply killed me.  Nice teamwork.