Leukoplast still plays, he calls himself Atiim now though.

I hate to say it but "I called it". A long time ago in fact, in reference to many of the names on your list. CCP should've never listened to them, they did just what I knew they would. They stuck around for a little and then moved on to another game like the vultures they are. They were around long enough to troll CCP and the community and then leave us with the mess they created.

C'+¬st la vie, adios, good riddence, **** you.

That's a silly way of looking at it. They left, just like the majority of the player base, because the CCP has failed to deliver a full and coherent experience. This game is still a disjointed, unbalanced, grindy, mess. The fact that many of the people who spent the most time contributing to the beta have left doesn't reflect well on the game or the devs.

Impatience is no excuse. I see you are still here and TBH, you aren't one of the names I was referring to.

Do I think CCP is doing everything right?

No.

Am I willing to let CCP take their time and get their FPS legs?

Yes.

However, I will say that CCP needs to be more concerned with setting themselves apart from run of the mill shooters rather than trying to steal a piece of Activisions pie. Am I saying that they can just let shooter mechanics go out the window? No, though they have made progress with that in the long run, might not be the greatest though it is coming along.

If Dust is meant to be an MMOFPS, both halves need to be addressed simultaneously rather than allowing one half to be neglected to atrophy while the other half gets the silver spoon catering. Many of those names wanted just that for the FPS portion of Dust, **** the MMO, focus on making a shooter and nothing more.

They are the ones I say good riddance to.

Ahh Zitro. I remember first time I saw him in game he stood out because he stole some kids tank and started shouting at him in team chat to "get some gun game, tank spams boring" and then proceeded to rip on him for having a speech impediment.

I was in tears with laughter.

The Imps made so many people furious I couldn't help but admire their ability to farm tears.

OMG you heard that too? That was so epic and terrible all at once. I miss good ole Mr Z and him trying to sell his book

Takahiro has still been around, especially on the forums. I still call him Snake. It seems to get under his skin when I do so.... he talk less trolly when I do at any rate.

Edit: Just searched his last post in the forums:

Seriously, **** that guy. I never liked him on the MAG forums, he was an elitist shithead, but it never really harmed anyone. He only got worse when he got here.

Who the **** was he on the MAG forums? I mean, there are people I remember and that I respected and then there are people I remember and wouldn't **** on to put them out if they were on fire.

Seriously, some of them I might even pull up a chair and light a cigarette off them.

Who are some closed beta vets (Codex or earlier players) that you remember that you haven't seen in a long time or don't see much of anymore? Here's some I can think of that I haven't seen in-game in a long time:

ReFlex
Mr. Zitro
Omnipotent Zitro
Blondie Rhodes
Young Cuz
Bloody QC
Sleepy Zan
Regular Trooper
Djinn Punisher
Djinn Leukoplast (mispelled????)
Djinn Praetorian
ReGnYuM DEI (I hear he may be frequenting ambush now...)
Nightmare
xXStealthXx
mahhah
CraftySlyFox
LHughes
jules86 (I think those numbers at the end may be wrong...)
gamewise
xXDEATHMOBXx (used to be a DS pilot in Codex)
limit rush
Kipic Bricker
Wicked Glory
Nstomper
Paran Tadec
KEROSIINI-TERO
crazy space 1
slap26
Cerebral Wolf Jr





Additions from the community:

Jesse Jayne
Osydius
4447
Loss Tovas
Muramasa
XAkantor
Mattics
Urukubarr
Doug Ugly
God-Nova
Cyn Bruin
Tony Calif
Enigma
Ludwig von Beatdroppin
Caeli Sinedo
Berserker007
xprotomanx (I believe he was also xjumpman)
Baal Roo
Buzzkill1
PutProtomaningame
Nano Debacle
jerrmy12 kahoalii
Sentient Archon/DILLIGAD
10011101
axis alpha
CHEMICAL-BENI
Eugene Killmore
HIRO LIBERTY
Maximus Tarashara
Stile451
Katius Maximus
low genius
apophis xxx
smots ju-kyu
insignia420

What was your first bleep?*

I was referring to xjumpman.

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