I don't really understand the whole controversy against TF21 and TG IHS' locking squads. We don't do it all the time, and I think we balance out the time the squads are locked and unlocked. Point blank, if the 10th SL doesn't lock the squad, it's damn hard to click fast enough to get in it. I guess popularity has it's costs, but we are no different then anyone else. The point of having a locked squad is pretty much as TF21 has explained it. It allows players who want to play together the opportunity to work together and take advantage of their abilities as a team. Is that wrong? If so, why is that wrong? What would be the point of joining an IHS at TG if you were not allowed to play together as a team?

I think I speak for most of the IHS' here when I say that we aren't in it for the neat tag or to be in a cool "club" or something. We formed the 10th because we all had similar ideas about tactics and strategy and we work well together in game. How can that be considered a bad thing?

Now I know that it's not good to join a game and see 3 locked squads with only one or two players in them that basically are locked for no good reason, and I also realize that we should promote TG to new players, but there has to be a line in the sand here somewhere on this topic. All IHS members (with the exception of some of the Irregulars) are Supporting Members, which means we help pay for the servers we play on. Should we have a lesser experience because of people who are in effect "just visiting"? I don't mean to sound antisocial or anti-noob, but we have to come to some sort of understanding and I for one think it should be more in favor of the people here who pay for the server now, rather than in favor of people who may or may not join TG and become a Supporting Member.

Finally, I am just in general sick of all the whining that is associated with PR here at TG. I totally uninstalled the game because I'm just fed up with certain aspects of the game itself and just tired of the same old BS from various players in and out of TG. I may reinstall it later, but for now I'm taking a break from the frustration. There needs to be a hard, concrete set of rules on this and many other questions and complaints on the PR server that leave no room for error, interpretation, or debate. Then there needs to be some unyielding and consistent action taken to enforce these rules. I'm to the point that I don't care if the rules are in line with my own ideas or not, they just need to exist and be enforced. I know the Admins are doing a good job now, but there are too many grey areas that seem to be footholds for the complainers to get a grip and hang on, complaining all the while. Either understand that locked team oriented squads benefit the team in the long run, or just outlaw them and let everyone join where they will and lets see what happens then. This endless debate by people who feel they are missing out on some special, magical thing that happens inside a locked squad is a vomit-worthy waste of time.