Calling for a thread lock. Thread has no real purpose.
He posted this exact same thread on Steam, and it got locked within 10 hours. The same fate likely awaits here.
@OP: Discussion is important, but blindly throwing around your opinion and refusing to view or consider responses means you view your opinion as the only one that matters, when it actually invalidates any argument you make. You're not likely to see this, but allow me to present a counterargument here... and no, it has nothing to do with a cactus.
Last night past midnight EST, we had 3 vet ships and 3 new ships (every player under level 10 on those ships) in the same lobby. Match ended 7-6 and was actually a well played match. Lots of very satisfied players post-match. One of those ships stuck around for 2v2s afterward for some more good matches. Good times were had by all.
Yes, it's a small community. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just a different dynamic compared to more "mainstream" games. You don't have to be a great player to be popular or well liked around here. Heck, if you're just sociable, you're highly likely to be brought into a lot of lobbies. We're willing to teach, if you're willing to learn. We don't bite. Well, most of us don't bite.
In short, help us help you. Reach out to the community instead of posting a one-way conversation, and we will do everything we can to help you learn the game, the community, etc, and enhance your experience.
