Ah, a fellow Tribesplayer. Just so you know, we still play tribes. Join us! http://playt1.com/ - the community mantains the master server and clients these days. There are good pick-up games on fri+weekends.
I love this game, it's also amazing to me how the concept of "skiing" was foreign to me when I first played T1 and T2, and now its a core game mechanic.
