Heya!
Thanks for this post.
I have heard from many people the advice of taking my clan to 1.30 because 1.31 is pretty much dead and the average skill level of random players is below zero compared to the 1.30 average random players'. Having said all that, s3 should fuck off 1.31 and should start playing 1.30.
However:
s3 will stay on 1.31 even if there is no 1.31 left anymore. Let me tell you something: from all the time I've played Q3, I've always pulled the trigger on 1.31. When I didn't have internet yet I was on 1.31, and when I finally got my internet, I had no clue about pointreleases and made |L&M|*Clan with my brother Chr0m3 on 1.31.
The clan evolved on 1.31, and when I got into playing CTF, 1.31 was sure to be impossible to erase from my mind.
1.31 CTF is the equal and opposite style of 1.30 CTF. Therefore, the best 1.31 players who are in my clan would win any game here, but on 1.30 they wouldn't perform as well, at least not most of them. Plus, me and Chr0m3 are too busy to play Q3 anyway.
Shortly said: 1.31 skill is 0 on 1.30. Nobody will learn 1.30.
Maybe we will recruit 1.30 players like we did with Sh!n and J!nN, but 1.31 players moving to 1.30.. I don't really think so.
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This is how I see things, I am emotionally attached to 1.31 even if it is dead, and I am sure that many s3 members feel that way too.
We stay, and of course, we own this town.
Cheers,
M3rC3h