This is an open invitation to send us your opinion on topics of interest. I know some of you would like to editorialize on certain issues that aren’t particularly welcome on forums. Well, this is the place to do it. You can submit your material to any of us and we’ll probably post it. Probably? Sure, you don’t think we’ll post crap from gakmastr do you?
Our first guest is a man of Honor and integrity and I’m really happy that he took the time to share his views with us. I have a great deal of respect for him, as does the rest of the community. I’ll let him introduce himself...
A Dream To Some
Howdy all you people in TFC-land. This is Teatime speaking ...
Looks like good ol’ Bundy not only suffers on CRS but also starts to lose his
marbles. I mean: What else could have him so confused that he gives another
old geezer like me the opportunity to blabber about such old-fashioned stuff
like Honor, Sportmanship and Fairplay.
I think we are like those Knights of the Round Table in this movie "Excalibur",
searching for the Holy Grail. Our Holy Grail is the ideal of Honor, Sportmanship
and Fairplay, in which we seek the rejoice and prospering of TFC as a game everybody
can enjoy. Hey, I have just seen this movie a week ago (for the tenth time I
guess, this film rocks) and I remember one scene very clearly: On the evening
before the battle against his sister Morgana and their son Mordred King Arthur
is presented the vision of the wizard Merlin, awoken from the enchanted sleep
Morgana had put him in. Approached by this vision Arthur asks: "Are you a dream?"
whereas Merlin answers:
"A dream to some ... A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS"
Have a nice day ...
And now for his first editorial. Enjoy.
Between a rock and a hard place
That’s what standing in for Honor and Sportmanship sometimes feels like!
On the pubs you try to get the "obviously clueless" people to play the game
right. "Obviously clueless" are not only those people named "Player", but often
enough others who still haven’t understood that TFC is more than just running
around, killing other players and occasionally steal the flag.
In discussions on forums or newsgroups on the other hand I find myself condemning
"rough" tactics like respawn camping, spamming or early scout rushes because
the ordinary pub player can’t deal with it.
So in game I piss off the group of the lesser skilled player who feel patronized
and critized, while outside the game I piss off the more experienced players
who also feel patronized and critized.
Both groups think I would want to tell them how to play the game.
Which is rightbecause both groups miss that TFC on pubs is primarily about
fun. Not only the fun the single player has but the fun the game is giving to
everybody taking part. Let’s call it the "overall fun".
The "overall fun" can be found when all partipicants play not only the way the
game was supposed to (meaning to look for the team to succeed instead of looking
for personal glory or having cheap fun by killing less experienced players)
but also play it in a way everybody can enjoy it.
Skilled player will enjoy a hard game which challenges them. Less experienced
player wouldn’t enjoy such a rough game, as they are not up to that level of
gameplay. On the other hand a skilled player won’t find much of a challenge
in a game with predominatly medium skilled players. The general level of skill
should define the way the game is played. If the number of skilled players is
high the game can be played harder. If the skill level is rather "medium" skilled
people should try to adjust and refrain from tactics like those mentioned above.
That means if Mr. Newbie finds himself in game with plenty of highly skilled
clan-members he might consider leaving. If Mr. Kickass-Clannie finds himself
in a game with a bunch of medium-skilled players he should either slow down
a bit or leave to look somewhere else for a challenge.
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