#2 the idea behind steampipe was to leave the default folders alone.

For the OP, there are technically three places for maps

#1 tf\maps: this is for default maps, leave this folder alone

#2 tf\download\maps: this if for maps that you downloaded during play, e.g. the surf server you are on switches maps and you need to download the new map.

#3 tf\custom\FOLDER\maps: this is for maps that you personally have downloaded from places like gamebanana, e.g. the maps for this season of open.

The only caveat is that maps in the tf\download\maps folder will not show up when you try to create a server through the gui.

The AD700 excel with classical, acoustic, and other bass light (but still requires accurate bass) music with many different instruments. They are not that great for movies either. They really excel with soundstage representation which greatly helps positional accuracy especially while playing fps games. That is why they are recommended for people switching from a gaming headset, it generally is comparable to one except for its massive soundstage.

Also, I would give the headphones a week before you decide to return them, it generally takes a while before you get used to a pair of headphones. After that week try playing with your old headset and if you don't notice a difference then return them.

Blacks for gaming

Topre for typing (but I cannot justify the cost of buying one for myself)

They got rid of all text "faces" about a month ago, unfortunately. The only ones left are if they are particularly relevant like Siglemic's 12.X faces.

Tf.tv definitely does not have the third most icons.

Use http://twitchemotes.com/ it is always up (twitchtvfaces was down for practically forever), it is always updated, and the icons are the actual icons, not copy pastes.

Most on board sound today is actually pretty decent. The only reason to get a separate DAC would be if you hear pops and clicks in your music for no good reason. The AD700s are plenty efficient to be run from on-board power regardless. No need to speed money on a card unless you have a definite problem, the gains from it are minimal.

No, unless your on-board sound is absolutely terrible.

Haven't tried it yet, but if it works like it did before it is a relative path to the tf folder, it will make the directory if there isn't one.

I'm pretty sure anybody can spend 20 minutes of time talking about what they love, but the question is can you make all 20 of the minutes worthwhile, see Fully Charged, 45 minute long episode with about 10 minutes of actual content leads to a small viewer base and no real push to watch a missed episode.

I think this would work really well, but I would recommend that you keep segments short no more than 5 or so minutes lest you get burned out and stop doing them (unless you want this to be your job). I really like the Newbie Daily, Pub tips, and Interview ideas, they are things that are generally lacking in the community. While more demo reviews is always a good thing, I don't see them fitting into this kind of show.

Keeping the videos short would allow you to cover one topic without losing viewer interest. For example, one cast could be about offclassing and when is a good time to do it. It would also serve to make a nice guide in video form about practically every topic in tf2 by the time you are done.

I highly recommend playing in ESEA, even if you get 5-0'd in every match (you won't I promise that) you will learn so much over the course of the season. As long as you know the basics of the flow of the game then I wouldn't worry.

Might be a bad connection with your headphones. Try unplugging and plugging back in. Have you tested it with other audio? Have you tested them on a different device?

Personally, get a Zalman clip-on (~$10) as a temporary solution and when the modmic v4 comes out pick that up as a permanent solution (~$30).

Since you just sniped me asking about v4 details, the only information we have right now can be found in this blog post:

http://www.modmic.com/blogs/news/7536898-mics-out-of-stock-restock-expected-wednesday-may-1st

And that's why I said make them not terrible. Incentives such as winning small prizes can mitigate the cost to pay. Actually having a system where hackers can't ruin pugs would be something that is worthwhile. The more we were to actually use ESEA pugs the lower the possibility of ESEA dropping us.

What ever happened to making ESEA pugs not terrible?