Hi. Im one of the people who recently felt a urge to play ee again, because this game is better than most rts-games. Since none of my buddies play it anymore, I looked for a community i could play with online. I found save-ee.com on the first try on google and I really loved the way the updater and lobby worked.
When i joined my first ingame-lobby i quickly understood that this lobby isnt for players who just want to play a quick game. The first I discovered were all these "codes" you guys use. 60f11, grenwar, liga etc. I thought oh well, its okey I guess.. i probably learn what it means quicky while I play. But when we started to play, people started to yell at me instantly when I did something "wrong" like not fokusing on the right res on the right time. And why on earth did I start on stone so early (or at all)?! hehe.. as you probably can imagine, those players yelling at me just gave up and quit the game. I was alone in the game after 2 minutes :p
So, the main problem newcomers face is that they have to learn to play like you before they can join without beeing kicked out of games. I must ofcourse thank Slipknot for trying to set up a game me and some other newcomers could watch, but I think most of guys like me get a little scared off when we see all the things we have to do to be accepted into the community. Maybe you could setup an own chatroom for newcomers? Then you could gradually learn us how to play it like your way (if we are interested) and invite us to professional games after a while. This initiative of yours to save ee is great (!) but if you want more players to stay, I think they need a more soft introduction
-dune