Eez you're missing the point but I'm gonna explain it. I don't know anyone who played 1.00 because the sabering was (supposed to be) different. Everyone can read the readme to the 1.01 patch and see what changed. The reason is that the community in 1.0 is different. Back in 2005 the 1.0 community was actually quite big and for me there was no reason to switch, cause all my mates played 1.0 anyway. Personally I switched to 1.01 cause I started playing in the ESL which is not possible in 1.0. Obviously 1.01 is the better game (less lags, less bugs, code-mods) but for people in 1.0 the reason to stay was never the gameplay. It's a bit hard to explain, but 1.0 is a different, way less competitive community. Everyone know each other, a bit like a village to say so. The 1.0 community is actually a bit like the JA+ community. It's much about chatting, having cheats on the server and having fun on singleplayer maps and stuff. This was 1.0 at least for me. I hope this helps.