Push-to-talk is an option in TeamSpeak, so TeamSpeak will only transmit your mic input when you do a certain keypress.

Ah, okay...I was thinking I'd have to change the settings for the actual microphone...

funny. The voice detection works well for me... wonder if that's cause it's a headset.

laptops I get. I just assume most are using a tower. Probably wrong.

Check the title of the thread.

a. I did absolutely nothing to feed my team, if you watch the replay to its bitter end, you can see that i pile up an absurd number of credits per second (I won't venture a guess at the number for fear of making an inaccurate one) at the games end.  I must shamelessly say I used the game as a personal sandbox with which to test out how many credits per second I could attain as Vasari in such a time period.

b. You are right, I think that seeing something from the pros point of view would be beneficial, and as I record youtube videos for other games, I've often pondered whether to make a youtube video to really see the game through my eyes, where I click, when I click it, and why I do so, but I've only received mix feelings about such a proposition and don't want to waste my time on such a venture if it will not be appreciated.

-Star

Appreciation will be there believe me. Perhaps not from hundreds of people but people who want to learn and/or get better    at game will get strong "tutorial" SINS why and how to do everything.

It wasn't the inability to conjure new players out of thin air that I was trying to get at though, Star.  There is another potential demotivational factor to the main ones you mentioned- low player counts, lag, minidumps- the issue of poor game balance, which alienated many experienced players.  At least the balance is the best its been for a while, though it could use further work. 

While any online coaching efforts are always welcome, noone expects the clans to devote time to noobs.  However what I feel is missing are quality replays, which stems from the absence of quality games.  What is the point of of clans which don't play each other?  The real culprit here are the 5s pugs, which draw new players in who are unable to play at a decent enough level to remain enthusiastic.  5s pugs are just noob-stomping grounds, given a facade of respectability by having elite players divided between the teams.  It doesn't alter the basic problem that noobs are having to play elite players, which would not happen in a well-run multiplayer scene.  Also such games tend to be useless for balance testing purposes.  Who can tell if Advent are weak if an elite player can just roll a noob with any faction?

So what we need is more games that match the elite players solely against each other.  Also, not just 5s- many of the problems with lag and to a lesser extent dumps are because you play 5s all the time.  Why don't the clans play 2s or 3s with just top players?  A set of 3 or 5 games between 2 of the best players from each clan, or even an internal clan matchup, would produce great replays.  Why has there never been a singles or doubles tournament for top players?  It doesn't have to be all on the same night, after all?  All you have to do is announce the matches and when they have to be played by, and let the players themselves sort out when the games will take place?

You could play a 2v2 elite bo3 series after this noobstomp walkover, for instance?  It might be useful to illustrate current issues with the game?

Anyway, thats what I meant by giving a structure the game, I wasn't blaming the clans for low player counts. 

Boshimi, Trophy Bass 3D is an angling simulator.  You might say fine, so what, you could speed time to get to the next time you hook a fish, real time angling needn't be about going to sleep in front of the computer with an occasional flick of the mouse to stop the screensaver coming up.  However, it had online multiplayer... chat was a major feature, as you might expect.  Perhaps my polemic on noobs was overly harsh.  I had a heavy cold and ICO dumped me four times in a row.  Good luck with the game tonight, it 'll be fun to watch you crap 500,000 credits out of your ass.  Damn, there I go again.  Its just that whenever inexperienced players imagine that they have valid input on balance, it reminds me of Agent of Karma and his constant whines that the Skirantra was underpowered....  At least your team doesn't include noob-who-can-stay-happy-unlike-uptight-geeks-because-he-has-tons-and-tons-of-girlfriends!      

Maybe I'll show up.  I need a break from company and it'd be nice to play with JJ again.

Because fun is winning easy? Stick to comp stomps.

You always lose in the beginning. Fun is in overcoming your limitations.

Not seeing teaching as worth it is a perfectly acceptable perspective, but there's a difference between that and going the extra mile and trolling newbies off of ICO.

There are a number of problems... the damage modifiers are not displayed, nor are easily accessable unless you already know what you're doing. The infocard leaves a lot of things out. The fact that flak counter LRF (a very important consideration that newer players often don't get, and even some of the regulars don't seem to get) isn't obvious at all except after you've fallen to that tactic and have realized what the enemy flak were doing.

It would definitely be appreciated. A lot.