I used to play NS a ton, even was in a clan for a while. It was one of the most original and novel video games i've ever played, only planetside comes close.

Combat played a sizeable role in killing the original game and turning it into something i'd expect from a CS mod. An entry level, bland generic version of the original that gutted all the strategy and coordination and teamwork that you required to win on ns_ maps. (A good commander alone was worth gold)

You built upon what many people considered cancer (combat to some extent, but definitely xmenu combat) - tumors get serious when they hit the lymph nodes, and they probably saw it as that.

I quit before this era happened but I probably would have hated you if i hadn't - even if you aren't technically the one to blame.