(and yes, i agree, as you play more and more multiplayer you get increasingly better and better. but what can i say, i started out pretty kickass in descent

i admit, i had to learn a lot of new things for descent multiplayer. but it's the same with lander.
first comes learning to pilot, then comes learning to play good multiplayer (and you become get a better pilot from that too of course).
i still suck pretty bad in lander multiplayer*, i'm just getting into it (as i track down more ppl who play the game, a task in itself). someone who is used to playing descent would watch me playing multiplayer and be all "wtf you suck mang!". but let them try it out

it looks easier than it is. you'll instantly realise that once you try the game 1ACE1. try the demo, i bet you can't even complete it.
*but everyone sucks
