flynnjsw
02-04-2010, 10:08 AM
Ok, so there have been a lot of vent posts here recently; Newb vs Vet, Zerg vs Flower-Sniffers, Casual Mode, Update 3 in almost its entirety, and well the list goes on. One of the things I noticed is that when a Vet (mostly someone from back in 2006) complains about something from the game or that Turbine does the first people to tell these people to quit whining are the people that have only been here since some time in 2009. One of the top replies always seems to be "I just don't get the mindset". Of course you don't get the mindset, you have not been around.
Personally, the only reason my join date says 2008 is because I had created an account before F2P and played with a 10 day free trial. Other than that I really have only been "playing" since last year. I am not going to try to tell a Founder or someone else that has been here for 3-4 years that I know better than they do what this game is about or the expectations to have. I would hope that newer players would have the same common courtesy. Then again, if they act like purist, elitist (insertt adjective/expletive here), then that's a different story, but I have not seen too many of those.
Personally, the only reason my join date says 2008 is because I had created an account before F2P and played with a 10 day free trial. Other than that I really have only been "playing" since last year. I am not going to try to tell a Founder or someone else that has been here for 3-4 years that I know better than they do what this game is about or the expectations to have. I would hope that newer players would have the same common courtesy. Then again, if they act like purist, elitist (insertt adjective/expletive here), then that's a different story, but I have not seen too many of those.