Well, last night was my first passworded game ever on TG and I gotta say, I had a lot of fun. I tried to play as close to the rules as possible: I followed my Squad Leader, always spawned on him and tried to follow his orders to a T. Not only did it seem I did that, but everyone else in my squad did as well.

When I was reading the SOPs prior to playing the game, I was a bit intimidated by all the protocol there was. Granted, this protocol makes the squad and team incredibly more effective, but I was worried I would seem like a complete n00b if I didn't know it all. But it wasn't the case at all. Our squad communicated effectively and worked effectively.

My second game, I ended up being the squad leader. My team wouldn't move until I gave them an order and they asked for orders as soon as we were done with our current one. Also, when I got booted from the game and returned, both members of my squad left the squad and then rejoined so I could be squad leader again. Both of these guys had [TG] in front of their name and I was really impressed.

So, I guess my point is, if we make the requirements too strict for the games, we may be scaring off or not allowing players who could possibly be constructive members of the community to the group. Maybe they can't get TS or they don't have time to do a lot of posting, whatever the case may be, I think the current system is pretty good. I think because the community here is so tight, if you get really bad apples, you can just initiate a kick vote and tell the server to kick them. I know its a issue of trust there, but I think that is what really brings this community together. That's one of the reasons I came here.

But, since TG is getting more popular, its inevitable that you are going to get more immature players. But, I think that comes with the territory. My opinion is (and I know I am still really new) is that you guys should stick to what you do best: Community, character and teamwork. Run your servers for the mature gamers, not against the immature ones.