Apr 21, 2009, 03:28 PM
This is a long one, feel free to ignore:
Many of the people who would make the transition easy are the ones who are good, yet tend to get frustrated in the giant pub games. If you put good, communicative players in an environment with other good, communicative players, everyone's skill level will increase.
It's been frustrating over at the no crit lately because I was hoping more of the regs would visit there. cevo and h20 players moonlight there, but there's still an overflow of people either new to TF2 or new to SourceOP.
While it's nice to teach/help newer players to step up their game (well, the ones that get it and are willing to listen), the pacing is not the type of back and forth you would expect from a "pro rotation" server. It's still the same old everyone complaining of stacking rather than just learning to play as a team. It's funny to me because it is actually the quietest of all the servers. No one really talks. I tend blather on all the time like I usually do, but there are many times when the vibe isn't there for communicating at all.
I don't know, DF...Maybe assemble a SourceOP team or SourceOP related team? I could understand how that might not be attractive and an additional pain. I don't know much about pro play nor the clans that usually inhabit SourceOP, but I have to wonder whether or not a "cross-clan" SourceOP team might actually be pretty cool. It would definitely add a different dynamic and cross-training with other clans has the potential to share ideas and become better players in general. On the other hand, I could see it being a disaster as well if people didn't get along.
Alright, I'm through thinking out loud.
Many of the people who would make the transition easy are the ones who are good, yet tend to get frustrated in the giant pub games. If you put good, communicative players in an environment with other good, communicative players, everyone's skill level will increase.
It's been frustrating over at the no crit lately because I was hoping more of the regs would visit there. cevo and h20 players moonlight there, but there's still an overflow of people either new to TF2 or new to SourceOP.
While it's nice to teach/help newer players to step up their game (well, the ones that get it and are willing to listen), the pacing is not the type of back and forth you would expect from a "pro rotation" server. It's still the same old everyone complaining of stacking rather than just learning to play as a team. It's funny to me because it is actually the quietest of all the servers. No one really talks. I tend blather on all the time like I usually do, but there are many times when the vibe isn't there for communicating at all.
I don't know, DF...Maybe assemble a SourceOP team or SourceOP related team? I could understand how that might not be attractive and an additional pain. I don't know much about pro play nor the clans that usually inhabit SourceOP, but I have to wonder whether or not a "cross-clan" SourceOP team might actually be pretty cool. It would definitely add a different dynamic and cross-training with other clans has the potential to share ideas and become better players in general. On the other hand, I could see it being a disaster as well if people didn't get along.
Alright, I'm through thinking out loud.