I do miss the stooges.. but honestly I have to say.. why the heck do so many people now feel the need to smurf all the time? I play as DaRq_Neil or neilkaz 98% of the time. Usually it is DaRq_Neil as I am proud of my clan and look to join them in good 3v3's. We don't want three of our best players together slapping around 3 newbies.. what a waste of time. We/I am usually teamed with 2 other players. so....
If great players like the stooges won't use their real names how can you expect us to find you for a good 3v3 vs or with you ?
I, for one am proud of my name(s). I have no qualms about letting people watch me as a known name. I have no qualms about letting people (not watchers but players) seeing me have a great game where I have a huge fast economy and waste two people and take the sea on the way to a 21 min iron... and I also have no qualms about letting people watch me play a very poor 1v1 vs sting saturday night at the APC party and get trashed. I used bad tactics(awful for the map type) that game and admit it.
Why do so many feel the need to smurf ? Use the name(s) we all know you buy and be proud to try your best.
I intentionally smurfed only 2 players in my whole ROR career. 1) Spammed my name about a slinger rush that crushed him.. god did I show him what slingers looked like in two subsequent smurf games right after ! 2) These two pinheads I used to play with during some week days started becoming lamer/resigners as soon as they got attacked. .. well in the next week I gave them something to resign about.. never had I started a game w/the only plan being to totally attack a certain person.
Now if you are so good that you can't find a game.. and have to smurf to get one.. OK I understand.. but you probably don't need to smurf and if you do just realize that youmay be playing w/some real lamers.
If you have acted so poorly, like many, and no one will play with you.. change your name totally and grow up.
In otherwords... why do so many need to smurf?... neilkaz or DaRq_Neil.. come play me.. what you see is what you get.. it may be good it may be bad.. I am not ashamed.