Originally Posted by jb4

I had the pleasure of joining a squad with many members from the 3rd last night for rounds on Rolling Thunder and Fallen as well as being SL on a difficult round for the UKR on Raid on Kerch. A simple observation...sometimes when we play a game for so long we may settle into the routine of the game as we play it many times a week or month. While we may enjoy the game, it may lose it's newness to us over time because we focus on map after map, round after round. As I was playing with these very skilled players that just happened to be new to this game, I started to hear things over VOIP like, "Wow, this Fallen map is beautiful...look at it...man I could get used to playing this a few more nights a week" or on Kerch, "Do players really camp in Dingos like that and just blast away with that turret?" (lol) or at the end of Rolling Thunder, "I think we need a celebratory TK of the squad leader". Even after I was SL on a tough round of Kerch and I was thinking to myself, this is not how I wanted to show these guys this map, they finished to round with "that was awesome, good round guys, that was fun".

Their enthusiasm for the game shook me out of the fog of routine play and gave me that new toy appreciation for POE all over again. It hit me all over again about what a great, challenging game this is built on beautiful scenery.
Thanks to the guys in the 3rd for their enthusiasm and appreciation for getting to know more about POE2. They are great players that reminded me what a gem we have with this game. It has become new to me all over again.

Thanks for the kind words jb! And thanks for helping to show us the ropes and answering our "noob" questions regarding PoE. Its great to come from BF2142 and play for a few nights on the TG PoE server and get such a warm reception. Kinda gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside about how great of a community we have here at TG.

Thanks also to Mantis, Dirtboy, and DaVinci (I think that is all the TG that was on last night. Sorry if I forgot anyone) for a couple of great rounds last night. We had a blast!

I'm glad that our enthusiasm has deepened your enjoyment of the game. At least you get something good out of putting up with us.

As far as getting to know more about PoE... you guys have got me hooked. You can expect to see me around on Tuesdays. I'll shelve my Voss, AED-2 defib, and MHUB-21 for an AK-74, paddles, and medical satchel and come stomp the forests and beaches with you guys.