I've seen more and more divisiveness lately from different segments of the TG community - enough so that I felt the need to start this thread. TG's core tenant is that of providing a community for mature gamers a place to enjoy tactical-based gaming. Yes there is the phrase "near-simulation" in the primer - but that phrase can and must apply different to every game supported by TG. Near-Simulation simply does not mean the same thing in PR as it does in World of Warcraft. It doesn't mean the same thing in Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Source. How can we determine what 'simulation' is in a shooter set over 100 years in the future when we look at the advancement of real-world technology in the last TEN years?

So guess what folks. We're all doing the best we can. You don't get to be a 'special' TG member just because the gameplay in your chosen game is slower than that of another. Slow does not equal teamwork. Teamwork equals teamwork. Likewise because you can and/or will spend two hours on a single round doesn't make you truer to TG than the rest of us - it just means you're lucky enough to have two hours to spend on a single round and we're jealous.

We are all here because we like teamwork with fellow mature gamers. And frankly, this 'I'm better than you because my game is more realistic/hardcore/slower than yours' attitude that some facets of this community have started to carry is not terribly mature. It also isn't very conducive to building a cohesive community.

We're all special, unique snowflakes. Whether you're a snowflake who likes spending twenty minutes crawling through the grass in order to not shoot someone, or a snowflake who wants to be a Night Elf. Provided we're acting in a mature manner, and supporting a near-simulation environment appropriate to the game we're actually playing, let's be supportive of that. Let's not spend our time trying to tell people from other games how they should or shouldn't be playing. Or what rules they should or shouldn't have. Because I swear to goodness, the next time I see someone talking rubbish about another section of the community regarding a game they don't even play I'm going to have Reaperassault and Quade dance naked and post videos of it. And nobody wants that you. Not you, not me, not anybody.

Can't we all just get along?