Guile, totally forgot you were a trekkie (which I should have remembered fromt the who star trek wearing star wars word snafu!), but are you not totally jazzed about the new movie coming out???
LOL! Yeah, I have found that most of the CAG community is awesome, and have more fun playing the multiplayer than I ever would have with randoms. That being said, I have actually made "friends" with a group of randoms that are really nice guys (who rescued me from team killers ... ).
The mute button has DEFINITELY added to my enjoyment of the game (and block communications of course), but I just wish that people were mature on these things and it wasn't necessary!