part of the problem is that a lot of trash talk is deserved. in an extreme example, if i told soapy how better to play roamer, he should shut me the fuck down.

players with their legacy cemented by the top100 list generally don't get that much lip, but outside of those ppl, we are fighting verbal wars to see who deserves any respect.

what if we all deserve respect. we have the perfect thing to settle our disputes: the match server

I agree it might go over people's heads, so i'm advocating to a "lets warn newbies at the very least" sort of thing. Like the RGL sucks guy who just posted could have used a warning before being tossed into the jungle.

Hurts to say, but because of developer neglect, I think that our community is a little worse that average. I played CSGO at university collegiate level. Collegiate level essentially means that the teams aren't as good (most uni's have at most 1-2 players that might go semipro, most teams ~esea open), but it also means that the older players (college seniors, like me) make sure everyone treats their enemies with respect, like in soccer. Anyone who played team sports as kid knows that everything is more fun when you treat your opponents with respect.

The experience of "someone i'm forced to play with constantly is continually ruthlessly talking shit to me" is not uncommon in the slightest, but it in other communities its completely unheard of.

I honestly think it would benefit new players to know that the main reward for winning/getting better is bragging rights, so inevitably it is a bit toxic. Like the new guy who posted yesterday after rgl pugs and was smacked in the head with it

Not to derail thread too much, but I think new players deserve a warning.
It's not a horrible thing either, most team sports have a toxic side. look at how ppl get into fistfights in baseball and it's fun asf

Spam control. In this video almost every decision he is making is based on where/when the spam is. https://youtu.be/XIx-lse-dBE . If you watch a g6 game they also have very coordinated spam

what mice/keyboards/monitors do yall use. anything you particularly recommend?

i really like my logitech g303. its small, but that works well for wrist aiming

meyy !!

I 100lg e5 to practice my aim

omg

https://i.imgur.com/rgMdHPb.png

match page says this has been rescheduled for thurs the 16th

Try to launch tf2 from command line and see what it prints to terminal when it crashes. Not sure exactly how to launch from terminal but I'm sure it's possible. Then your next bet is to ask on arch or r/linuxgaming forum

tgod, now i dont feel bad when i lose to demo. airstickies arent that hard!!!!

do yall agree with soldier + shotgun >scout and soldier + gb < scout?

i feel like

soldier + shotgun > scout
soldier + gunboats < scout

is pretty established. what about demo?

would the perfect demo beat the perfect soldier? is gb or shotgun better against demo?

thoughts?

I would put in some money as a sort of bounty to make content like this (any of the suggestions above).. A little crude but I don't have the time/knowledge to make any of them.

This is why grape juice's line-theory video is so good, we need like 10 more of these explaining other fundamentals.

also a video like this would work perfectly: someone explaining passionately the storyline of a tournament to an outsider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEAeWKqX-0 .

The storyline of the split of froyo and the competitive top 3 was super compelling last season, and the old/new generation thing. There are so many epic stories untold/undocumented in this game...