I don't understand...

[Foo01]

....The fact that we are doing that and it still isn't working means something else needs to happen to meet us half way because working around you obviously isn't enough right now."
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It would be nice if the could meet you half-way, but in the way of that is the fact that they can not know what they don't know and they can't do what they don't know. And it be nice if they didn't get mad and treat any advice or tips as bossing them around. But those are the breaks.

And invariably you will improve faster than them so that half-way mark will keep averaging higher (average = [your skill level + their skill level] / 2) so you can't possibly expect them to meet your half way. And I do not expect that because I know it is impossible.

... If that ONE person does not feel like putting in the effort to try to hit a middle ground with the 3-7 other players in the group, THEY do not belong there....

They can't get to the middle ground the instant you demand it, that is a fact. And it is elitist to say they don't belong, because this is the elitist ethos to exclude lesser players. And to say it like that don't feel like is as if they are lazy is completely bogus. SE made the right decision to make the game more accessible and be more inclusive. Elitist wants to be exclusive which is clearly not what is good for the game.