An ex-colleague keeps saying I'll love it and should get it, but I'm not convinced that playing against kids wearing silly hats is better than playing against bots in Firearms and CounterStrike.
They'll thrash the fuck out of you and there's useful & humbling learning in that. Something similar happened to me when me & my kids when first played UT over a LAN. Do it.
Yeah, but there's always the danger of that not happening. Imagine how bad I'd be if I took the newbies on at their own game and kicked ninety-nine arses every time...