#32

Learning the meta arguably takes the least time of all skills in this game and other sports. Many sport fans have a firm grasp on the rules, regulations, and strategies behind the sport. Does that mean that the same observer can be a professional athlete with minimal effort? Fuck no.

There's a reason that the top players have pumped hours upon hours of death-matching ability over multiple games and continue to do so. Players who are washed up after playing for years aren't that way because they forgot how to play the game, they're washed up because they're out of practice with the actual mechanics and DM. Movement and aim aren't exclusive to TF2. They're in every FPS.

The overall point I'm getting at is that learning how to play the game, at least at a basic level, takes much less effort than getting good aim/movement/mechanics.

The problem is many of the things you're mentioning don't exactly require practice on TF2. We're seeing that now and we've been seeing it for years that the top aimers did not start at TF2 as an FPS and have a large aiming advantage over others from playing other games competitively. But this doesn't stop at FPS games. Teamwork is not something exclusive to TF2, FPS games, or video games in general as you seem to be painting it. Teamwork is in nearly every sport and knowing your role and how to communicate with others is one that doesn't need to be measured through "hours played" on TF2.
I realize this has to do with practice and not "inherent talent". However, some people can use skills in other areas better to adapt to others. Many people who are describing "naturally talented TF2 players" are most likely describing gamers. People who have been playing Quake, NS, CS, etc. for years and then move into TF2 and are good at TF2 with "little effort" are like that because they've been playing other FPS games for years and the principle remains the same - shoot people.

Plays 5v6 over getting laid. What a bro.

Between 4"-12" at any given time.

I only ask because of the humorous "impossible with this sensitivity" post on NATF2 - but what's your sensitivity? Why would aiming be impossible with such a sensitivity?

How do you scout v scout with 200 ping?

He lives in brazil now.

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#4

It's really too soon to say anything. I've been in the beta for a while and the game is (has been) fairly unplayable in terms of frames and jittering. There's a lot of huge balance issues and the game feels far from finished.

That being said, the concept behind NS is awesome and if they work out the issues it's definitely worth getting.

The higher level euro players aren't making up excuses for losing - they're aware the NA vs EU matches were pretty one sided and are looking to step up their game. There have been quite a few posts about ways to get the hype back up for the EU scene.

Hopefully some healthy competition like this can spark a drive to improve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOqED8aRdBg&feature=g-u-u

*DEAD* falc: is klanana easy?

I was hoping they'd change Toad of Hugeness to something that wasn't hilariously awful. I guess it will forever remain "the joke skill".

But there was only one Matrix movie.

Now we just need to spam threads to saying to stop making AMA's. That'll cancel out all the AMA's!

Do you think people hit on you because they think you're a little boy?