being respectful to younger players

[Mike_Nomad]

the main reasons the older gamers get fed up with younger gamers is because they come straight from BF3 or COD. reaslise its much harder to get kills and easier to get killed (no 360 no-scope kills etc) complain about it. then get a ppsh or mp40. wait by their own teams spawn point and when 12 of us respawn, mows us down. or when your in a good sniping position walks up behind you and headshots you with a pistol. its happened plenty of time by me. Its why younger gamers get a bad reptation in RO2. for me. i dont care whos behind the grimy soldier next to me, provided hes not shooting me (unless hes the enemy )

Many of us, myself included, came from CoD and other FPS games.... we had to LEARN the ways of RO and so do these new players. Cut them some slack while helping them along.

There are always bad apples in every barrel, but they're few and far between. The vast majority want what we want out of the game enjoyment and fun.

 

[stern]

Get in the damn capzone, no matter what your age is.

Toddlers, grandparents in a wheelchair, mummies, anyone - we really need EVERYONE in the capzone, as soon as possible.

Then, once half the team understand that, we can talk about skills, about doing the right thing, about knowing everything about the game, about pressing the right key, about not being childish.

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Nah, really.

I was deeply saddened when a young player, who followed me as I was leapfrogging to the next capzone, who dived when I dived (good learner ), taking much more risk than he "should" have taken (according to his knowledge of the game), was caught by a MG gunfire, 2 meters behind me.

That player knew almost nothing about RO2, yet he made an enormous effort into getting into the game. When he wasn't dying "stupidly" to a viciously entrenched enemy, he was greatly helping us capture the point. And that's priceless.

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Then there's that high-level player, who unlocked most weapons, have 200 hours in the game, camping 30 meters from our spawn. Sure he knows how to land the arty really close to the enemy spawn (note to TWI: arty on spawn is still not fixed...), where are the one-hit-kill spots on both tanks, where the capzone starts and ends (and the ninja-capture small corners).

But he's not making any effort, he's not helping his team.

=> The will to help your team is much more important than actual knowledge of the game. You can learn tips and tricks, but you can't learn to be a teammate.

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And regarding age only (and not age+experience of the game), I have seen many 13-14 years old Commanders leading their team to victory through excellent management and carefully timed orders, again it's purely about willingness: to help your team, to learn.

Also, when you're telling a 13 years old Commander "hm, you should put your arty on the side of the house at C5, right in front of the D capzone", most the time they listen because they are willing to learn.

Same with requesting Smoke grenades on the enemy position, some of them even go as far as dropping them (or giving you that role for a life or two) for you, so you can show them what you were trying to tell.

this... i dont care how old you are or what your saying in voip/text chat. if your playing as best you can, and as the game requires, your fine by me.

however i do sometimes get frustrated and will swear at people, but thats nought to do with age.