First off, let me start by saying this is not supposed to be some gloom and doom rant about why Tremulous and its community sucks. As is obvious to anyone who has talked to me, I love Tremulous (the only "game" I play) and I love its community (which is why I try to do as much as I can for it.)
As of late, the mood, demeanor, and quality of posts in the forums (www.tremulous.net/phpBB2) and in IRC (#
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) have been rapidly changing. What was once in my experience a great, open, fun environment to hang around in, has become a veritable battlefield of opinions and spammers. If it's not "old" players versus "new" players, its "good" players vs. "n--b" players. That or it's some 12 year old kid spamming utter idiocy.
None of this appeals to me, and I'm sure it doesn't appeal to you either.