Hi folks,
just wanted to add to this thread.
I've been playing video games (also multiplayer) for 20+ years.
I'm mid-thirties and don't play that much anymore (family, work), but Mount & Blade (Warband) is a game I've been regularly playing for almost 5 years: it's fun, you can just hop into multiplayer, dish out, employ funny tactics and usually meet nice folks.
That being said, I used to love CAMELOT_DM, but for the past 2 years it's been on the decline.
Am I disgruntled? Of course I am.
I play hard, cunning and dirty, but hey, (simulated) war was never about fairness. That's why I don't mind being killed by CAV or ARCHERS. I see it as a challenge and try to be even meaner
I got banned repeatedly for killing admins.
The worst of the bunch is that Merlinz guy. Heck, I just signed up here to rant about CAMELOT_DM.
Now I'm banned for good.
What did I do? I dart-headshot Merlinz and killed a few other guys at swordplay. Using darts and sword is my favourite mode for beating superior opponents. I'm a decent swordsman, but I usually excel (and top lists) by combining melee and long-range weapons and by luring superior combatants (agile 2-handers with enormously good blockings skills) into narrow passages to counter their strenghts.
That's what I love about Warband: the freedom to come up with your own tactics and have them actually work, time and again.
Merlinz didn't respect that.
Nor did a few other mods (Noobest, for example).
/rant