The arguably narcissistic Quake community has the common tendency to alienate enormous groups of people. In some cases, it's good to alienate groups of people. In other cases, it's not. The important thing is to know who to alienate and who to embrace.

An easy target for alienation would be Nazi's. They make up a tiny percentage of the human population, and every single one of them is a total dipshit, douchebag, cocksucking motherfucker. They also cannot coexist peacefully with anyone else. So that means, if we permit Nazi's, we get 50 fuckwads in exchange for the other 7 billion people in the world. It's not a complicated equation... do we want 7 billion people or 50 assheads?

A more challenging case, is between no-life's and their busy counterparts. You might think, there are fewer no-life's than normal people, and that's true, but we also do not need to alienate the no-life's. Fact is, there is a way for no-life's and normal people to coexist peacefully. As a result, while the numbers are in favor of the normal, busy types of people, we should still not alienate no-life's.

One key demographic Quake has ignored, is the no-commitments type. Some types of people seek lifelong relationships, and those people are usually attracted to Quake. The problem is, Quake has developed in such a way, that today, only people willing to make that kind of commitment are interested in the game. The skill-matching system is like a fucking arranged marriage. You can't even play one duel without committing yourself to either 10 minutes or a forfeit loss. By what logic would we alienate the types of people who have no interest in lifelong relationships? I can find none, and they do make up a substantial percentage of the human population.

It's not a challenging process to determine which groups should be alienated and which should not. If they make up a large percentage of the population, they should not be alienated. If they make up a small percentage, they should be alienated, unless they can coexist peacefully with the large percentages. Once you know who to alienate and who not to alienate, it becomes a simple process of ensuring that such things are accounted for on the field itself.