I'm not getting worked up over anything, I'm just explaining why I personally would not subscribe, a differing opinion if you will. I'm not sure how else I should go about doing that without appearing worked up. Add some smilies?
Don't take it personally. Now, Gamespy certainly wouldn't be the last company to get my money. That honor would go to SCO or Claria. Why don't I like Gamespy, because Fileplanet and the other GameSpy services have sucked since circa 1997 in my humble opinion, yet any time I get within a mile of a Gamespy site they constantly harass me to pay for them, Gamespy Arcade, exclusive "open" betas, etc. Yes, we all realize that $7 is not a lot of money, I just wouldn't pay anything for (warning: hyperbole ahead) nothing.
Anyway, T:V is pretty damn good and far better in beta than T2 was at release. Smaller maps, more intense action, fewer gimmicks and less reliance on vehicles than T2. The T1 base learning curve has been mostly dropped for new players, and anyone who's played a Tribes game before can jump right in and be pretty good. Definitely more offensive-minded than the previous games, but it's yet to be seen how the offense/defense balance will work out in competition. I think you can kind of draw a parallel between the progression of the Quake series and the Tribes series, and T:V is the Quake 3: Arena of Tribes (look, there's even a colon in the name). Most of the old T1 veterans seem to like it, but some T2 players who never really got into T1 are taking offense to it as it's definitely closer to T1 than T2 base.