Right, I feel, as a newish player, I should have a little say.
When I first came onto GOI, I played a bit with people I know in real life, as we could communicate well with each other and all know when to take things seriously. This resulted in some pretty good wins in beginner matches. When they went offline for the most part, I ended up joining a random crew with one of the guys remaining (engi). Of course, it was a pyra (can't remember the build but it was amazingly good fun) and we ended up chatting a fair bit and having a great time, despite many of the other beginner ships being pretty dreadful (no lies here). Because of them being so bad, we decided to go to a non-beginner DM, being 1-1-1 for the most part. In those matches we had 5 perfect wins, with us taking quite a few kills despite being so new. And we weren't being overly serious about it. If people messed up (we had some hilarious hwacha disasters) we'd just laugh it off and joke, before getting back to semi-seriousness. This was great fun and actually worked really effectively.
However, since it could be arguably said to be 'casual' in the way we played, despite the fact we were pretty damn successful - following this I've ran quite a few DMs with the pilot, and have formed a pretty decent crew of people through random matches - your idea would result in us not being able to join any 'experienced' games. I think it's ridiculously elitist to think that everyone who doesn't take GOI seriously to the point of shouting at people (I've come across a few myself, though fortunately haven't been shouted at directly) shouldn't be 'in with the cool kids', so to speak.
It was only through joining the non-beginner matches and having a laugh with more experienced players that I really developed my own skill and ended up racking up some really good, fun games... And wins.
So it's just ridiculous that you would act so elitist when, really, it's the non-beginner matches that push beginners, like me, to become more experienced in GOI.
TL;DR The original post is utter elitist rubbish that will do nothing to help GOI.
Ok, at least you read half of the OP post, but you missed the part where I tried to explain freedom of movement. Now let me explain it again, initially 1-1-1 players have access to both the beginner pool and the experienced pool. The only way access to the experienced pool can be revoked is when the 1 1 1 does not earn enough commendations(the amount required is up for grabs). So lets say you need to gain 10 in 10 matches. That means at least one player each match would have to give you a commendation for you to stay. Considering the liberal way these are used now, you would probably get 6 every match, so in 2 matches the system would determine you can stay in the experienced player pool. And because this access can be tested at any time, your example would actually have gone through.
I also gave Spud's ship as an example that has a rather casual ring to it. I just flew a spire with a heavy carronade + mortar (and won!) and I have some other silly ships in the line. It's not really about how you approach the game, as long as you play the game with the attempt to win I'm pretty much fine with things.
Also, note that I referred to these players as 'casual' as in "I play for fun" when you ask them why they are doing something that is incredibly stupid. I think it's safe to assume that you as a clanmember are willing to take responsibility for your actions. Which means you are not afraid to admit you were wrong or that something you tried failed you. The 'casual' crowd has none of these virtues, they even give you the finger when you explain to them why 4 mortars on a Pyramidion simply is not effective. Or when you ask them to stop repairing a near downed hull armor with a spanner rather than a mallet they simply ignore you and keep doing it. That is once more that fancy little group I'm targeting.
And you might consider me some elitist jerk, but a 1-1-1 just made it on my friendslist, so there >
