The Ns Community Veterans Are Making Me Feel Sick.

FletcherFletcher Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25071Members
edited September 2004 in NS General Discussion
Ive been playing ns since the first public release. This of course, gives me no more right to be playing it than the average new player gracing the many servers across the world, unless of course, i have a little gold medal beside my name.

Recently i have been seeing alot of veterans coming into my clans server.Veterans are just like other people right?i have played with alot of vets, but it seems that the majority (allowing of course for the few and far between strains of thoroughly nice vets who i have had the honour of playing with) are snide and pompous, showing contempt for new players starting out in the world of ns, and the more established players, the real veterans who play the game every day.

There is an AMX plug-in to ban veterans on entry to a server as far as im aware, and im sure there is a good reason for this!

so im making an appeal, i dont want to be caned or flamed, but i wish to ask the Veteran players among us to try and understand .... your not better than everybody else simply because of a little icon and your clans ability to send a beta testing application.
*EDIT*
Dont give the Veterans a bad name, i know many people who hate veterans simply because of the badge and their previous encounters with the afor described vets.

Thanks
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  • BigBullBigBull Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15123Members
    your insight is noted.

    but..


    Let the flamewar begin <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • MerciorMercior Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4019Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Sadly, the majority of vets are people who formed fake clans just so they could have the little icon next to their name. I think this alone says enough about these people.
  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Ok... what?
    You would ban people just for having an icon ?
    By doing this you say that the vets are worse then normal players, which is wrong becouse you don't know every single vet.
  • TOmekkiTOmekki Join Date: 2003-11-25 Member: 23524Members
    true that making the vet icon and status accesible to anyone with 5 buddies and a catchy clan tag was a bad idea.

    but i suggest you edit out this ---- just to prevent the flame war from erupting ----

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->There is an AMX plug-in ..... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    yeah.
  • FletcherFletcher Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25071Members
    no no youve picked me up wrong!
    im not saying all vets should be banned on sight, what im saying is that players with the veteran badge are expected to be ignorant and contemptious. which isnt something i want to see in the ns community.
    i stated before that there are good vets out there, thoroughly nice people who help out with the new players etc.
    but many of the vets ive come across really are the pits.
  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I know worse people which have no icon so i don't really care about it. But it can have a negative effect on new players who ask what the icon stands for. So we have to say that this _not_so_charismatic_ character is a veteran, the elite version of the average noob. Kinda leaves a bad impression.

    So yeah _those_ *vets* are bad.
  • JacKnifeJacKnife Join Date: 2004-03-12 Member: 27302Members
    look the ati tourny that never happened gave any1 the chance to get vet and some who did now get the chance to be **** just because they have a nice and shiny icon and now there is no real point to this post but to cause flaming and whatnot and to give people with gold vet icons bad names
  • ZiGGYZiGGY Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12479Members
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    yup, vet comunity was flooded with idiots, nothing can be done

    a note:
    Alot of the "good" vets actualy auth (thus no icon).
  • BuggyBuggy Join Date: 2003-11-08 Member: 22400Members, Constellation
    He's right though.
  • Swift_IdiotSwift_Idiot Join Date: 2003-01-05 Member: 11883Members
    edited September 2004
    I want a badge. I'm as much of a loudmouthed, unconstructive, elitist member of this community as the next veteran. How about some recognition? I work hard to be the man I am, you know.

    I'm not being facetious.
  • SupernornSupernorn Best. Picture. Ever. Made. Ever. Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7608Members, Constellation
    I agree that the "Sign up now and get free beta access!" part of the ATI tournament was a badly thought out idea. I'm pretty sure this is partly the reason why the vet program was disbanded. The huge influx of idiots who simply signed their clan up solely to get vet status meant that the program didnt mean anything anymore.

    You basing the entire veteran program on a few ignorant and self-centered people isnt fair.
  • MarineAnimalMarineAnimal Join Date: 2004-05-14 Member: 28676Members
    Veterans call me a "nub" when I devour them.
  • RaistiRaisti Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18507Members
    There are stupid People among the Vets
    There are stupid People among the Consties
    There are stupid People among the normal Players
    There maybe stupid People among the Playtester

    So where is the Point of this thread.
    This is only bashing of Vets without reason.
    Maybe you bash the Vets because you got no Badge and you are disappointed.

    Topic should be Closed

    By the way i´am an Vet <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • SoberanaSoberana Join Date: 2003-06-25 Member: 17695Members
    I agree that those rascal-minded veterans are a disease to this community.
  • InsomniaInsomnia Join Date: 2003-06-10 Member: 17179Members
    Just take away the vet icons.

    THEY MEAN NOTHING. when you see a vet being an ****, that just means they are a regular person being an ****.
  • BuggyBuggy Join Date: 2003-11-08 Member: 22400Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So where is the Point of this thread.
    This is only bashing of Vets without reason.
    Maybe you bash the Vets because you got no Badge and you are disappointed. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    He made the thread because of people like you k?

    "haha i have yellow icon you dont hence you suck i own".
  • FinFin Join Date: 2004-06-26 Member: 29551Members
    This must be the #1 online community. Even without the game itself there is so much drama that one could read about the issues of this community and keep him/herself entertained.
  • TepplaTeppla Join Date: 2002-09-29 Member: 1368Banned
    I like to <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif' /><!--endemo--> when they come out of a <!--emo&::hive::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/hive5.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='hive5.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • MrBenMrBen ns_eclipse, ns_veil caretaker Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8575Members
    Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

    This just in, there are **** in every group of people. In the case of the vets though they're easily recognised because of their icon. Don't stereotype and assume every vet or clanner is like this, 99% are top guys.
  • Invader_ScootInvader_Scoot Join Date: 2003-10-13 Member: 21669Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    This reminds me of an NSGuide that was screaming at a newbie and threatening to ban him for dropping sensory first.
  • Raistlin6Raistlin6 Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4420Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Buggy+Sep 12 2004, 12:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Buggy @ Sep 12 2004, 12:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> He made the thread because of people like you k? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ??
    I think that i am an nice vet. Never made any offence to new players or any other. So this thread is definitly not about people who are like me because then it would look like this

    Vets are friendly nice guys. I love to play with them <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • FletcherFletcher Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25071Members
    i want the vets to shape up, they are more noticable cuz of that tag lol, perhaos the vet tag should be taken away all together, since it means very little anymore. im also just quite disheartened that theres an overall prejudice about vets, but prejudice has to come from somewhere.
  • AlkillerAlkiller Join Date: 2004-05-23 Member: 28847Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Soberana+Sep 11 2004, 08:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Soberana @ Sep 11 2004, 08:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I agree that those rascal-minded veterans are a disease to this community. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    SUYF nub vet ololol
  • Commie_SpyCommie_Spy Join Date: 2004-09-11 Member: 31627Members
    *first n-s.org post... weee*

    its just that the <b>majority</b>, not all.. but the majority of the vets are butt plugs...
  • rennexrennex Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2688Members
    edited September 2004
    That's like saying the majority of people on this forum are idiots.

    But that's just not fair to everyone on this board, is it?
  • YumosisYumosis Join Date: 2003-01-12 Member: 12222Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin-rennex+Sep 11 2004, 08:50 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (rennex @ Sep 11 2004, 08:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That's like saying the majority of people on this forum are idiots.

    But that's just not fair to everyone on this board, is it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Actually.....
  • JacKnifeJacKnife Join Date: 2004-03-12 Member: 27302Members
    edited September 2004
    <span style='color:red'> ***LOCKED***</span>
  • Invader_ScootInvader_Scoot Join Date: 2003-10-13 Member: 21669Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <span style='color:WHITE'> ***OPENED*** </span>
  • JacKnifeJacKnife Join Date: 2004-03-12 Member: 27302Members
    edited September 2004
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