Here's a list of people that are extremely helpful for and positive for you to hang around
If I exclude anyone I just forgot or don't play with them enough to form an opinion [font=Times New Roman]Lorrydriver (on regularly)
Chewey
Km/Kazu
Fiveaces (check out his youtube)
Soscared (check out his twitch page!)
Murto
.1 (most of the time no offense .1, he's always nice to me)
Whocares
Rexxy/Happy
Juicebox
Smitty/DrunkSmitty (streams on twitch)
Barf
Amhol
Zaqzorn (also has a youtube)[/font]
Hey mate, I hope you stick around if you enjoy the game. Lots of games attract an abundance of hyper-competitive nasty man-babies and internet tough guys. I encountered a lot of weird aggressive behaviour when I started and yes, the team game scene seems to be especially toxic at times. As others have said, find 1v1s and battle your way up to a higher standard. There are a lot of nice, supportive people around who will hand you your arse repeatedly, while giving you advice, helping you out and having a chat.
Team games are kinda lame i've found. I only play them when i'm looking to chill. And i've noticed all the team maps being played are centre ore based making really bland predictable games.
However i've only witnessed bad words twice, that's cause i said i was a noob and dominated the games. Which i was. Month or so of playing...
Openra has a larger learning curve than other CnCs imo, i think due to a large variety of tactics.
Henry, to repeat what every one else has said. I really reccomend getting into 1v1's and joining that scene. Personally, the only reason I continue to play this game is because of the fun I have playing with the people I've met. I think it's reasonable to say add myself, Medium Tank, and Blackened to the list Raishiwi made of players.
Most of the 1v1 scene is usually revolving around EU times at night. Besides that I hope to see you around sometime!
On the whole it is pretty tough being new. I facepalm quite a bit and try and bite my tongue when I see some newbie mistakes (poor ref placement, early infantry spam etc etc). The problem is that it's hard to help in game.