Butl3r - Anyone that first joins a gaming forum and then suddenly announces they are the best - are going to get flamed. Please don't blame R3ligion for simply being the first in the Halo community to get to this particular one lol. Although, he is what you called him
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ItsBig - Ahh, contrasting that - gotcha.
As for R3ligion - he's his own man, and has a tendancy to take Halo comments more seriously. Much like I was the one to go after this braggard from AZ a few months back, he deals with people talking about his game as seriously. The problem is - it can come across strong. Is that bad? Well, from what I know of the online halo community - the majority seem to speak strongly, and even more bashing of someone that might flex their 'emuscles' and worse, throw around the word pro - quickly becoming a 4 letter word anyway -_-;;
And his competitive statement? It stems from long term experience and exposure to that scene. Everyone can have an opinion, but stating things about competitive video gaming - can cause serious drama -_-;; And I can understand - people will slip up and talk about Soul Calibur around me - and I just stare in awe of people who speak without really knowing much beyond what they've heard, or worse casually read. It can be frustrating to KNOW that only a hand few of people really know ANYTHING about what happened at SC2 nationals, etc... So when I think about competitive anything in OK - especially Halo that is pretty clear cut on who was good, and a small tight nit community like SC, etc? I can understand the easy to speak on limiting people who don't know much talking. Is it "PC"? No. It's not. I'd like to hope people won't be scared off the site, but if they are? Well - once again. R3ligion, other lead staff and active staff? I might give credit easily to as they have all helped this community - but always listen to issues, and do try and weigh things out.
And we are all americans - we much rather fight than be silenced
OSU - Tulsa or OKC? If Tulsa, just review that volunteering thread, and look for the current events on 1800volunteer.org - if you have any questions beyond what that thread says, feel free to PM me. OKC - same thing, only pm'ing r3ligion.
Unless you hit buttons - your going to be fine in this community, like any other. I can honestly say NO ONE on here really "goes after new users" - we are all pretty welcoming - because that's what the site is about anyway - networking. However. The LONGER you spend online - the MORE 'buttons' seem to matter - because people get tired of braggards and on here - the word "pro" is easily abused imo.
R3ligion - knows Halo pros, and has to deal with alot of kids that don't know what the word 'pro' means, so has a pretty strict and automated response
Me - I've been the 'old school pro' - of traveling around and winning tournaments, gaining money. I'm well aware of the cut off in my SC community of 'pro status' - and give pretty clear responses if someone pushes me as well lol.
And as for the old defintion of pro - there are several gamers in the community for their respective game - that can take that title as well. SSBB, Halo 2, Halo 3, GH3 - all have had enough tournaments to established a "in the know list" of who is the best in their respective communties, however...
Coolsvilla - is the only ACTUAL "pro" I KNOW of on these forums for sure. She's paid - a salary - to play games competitively. To my knowledge, no one else in Oklahoma is 'pro' in the current definition that is full time job pro "pro". PTD magazine may be changing that in the next few months, but until then, I personally don't know of a current Pro beyond her in what I consider "current pro" definition.
I blame XBL - the second you can click "pro" from a dropdown of status options, it's the second the word becomes too familiar, and easily misused. Meh.
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