Dude, same here except I'm 27 and 5.2k hours.

50% of the reason I mained pyro for 2-3 years was because I thought I'd never have mechanics to play other classes. Still don't think I'll ever play 6s above mid etf2l, but I got over that stupid fear and am improving and having fun. P.S. if I can find ways to be less shit after 5k hours you can do it with 1.8k for sure

I get angrier in one game of overwatch than 4 years of tf2. It's like the game is designed to be fun when it goes well but the Mount Everest of salt when you get stunned by one of the 500 heroes that can stun you jfc

Removing afterburn completely would be weird from a design POV, not to mention that a buttload of items have stats based on burning targets in some way. Although what you'd do with flare guns etc if pyro went LG is up for debate.

Scaling afterburn damage with direct damage dealt sounds good, though.

I want LG to happen, that idea has potential to make Pyro a real skill-based competitive class - but I don't think it'll happen. It would be insane to expect Valve to be available to make such drastic changes to the core mechanics of any class, even though it's the best way to go with pyro for sure.

Assuming this flamethrower stays, get the bugfixes in so it's at least consistent, bring back the normal degreaser switch speeds, remove stunlock from airblast and make its cone more consistent and a bit tighter, and remove the flamethrower blocking healing thing they added in MYM because that's pointless and annoying. That should be it for an okay update. (ah and nerf the reserve shooter I almost forgot)

For new weapon just give him the widowmaker feeding off primary ammo, that'd be great.

*DEAD* HalfTheBeans: where the hell did I put my sentry

Is lime Pepsi still a thing? I remember it being so much better than normal Pepsi or Coke because the lime contrasted with the sugar, but I've only found it in Canada 3 years ago.

I think over the next few decades e-sports are going to become "mainstream" and be insanely popular, but they should be kept separate from the Olympics IMO. I see the Olympics as a celebration of athletic feats defying the limit of the human body, and while there's a specific kind of physical skill required in videogames (hand to eye coordination, precise hand movement etc), it doesn't really fit the spirit of an athletic competition.

That said it wouldn't surprise me to see top gamers earning similar paychecks as players of "mainstream" sports like football, basketball etc within those few decades.

I'm getting back into it after a long-ish break and just noticed my flag in the sidebar is the UK one.

Could someone change it to Portugal, please? Thanks

Valve has made some serious mistakes with the recent updates, but they are committed to fixing them and I'm still optimistic about the outcome in the long run.

idk seems like there's a lot of justified anger in the forums but I think it'll work out in the end

Carcassonne is a nice one, you build towns and screw each other out of finishing them like any good friend would

Honestly they should just fix the major bugs with pyro and leave it at that. I'd love the LG idea and some of the others posted here but let's face it, Valve won't make such drastic changes on the core mechanics of a class. I wouldn't mind having stunlock on airblast completely removed as well. But anything beyond that sounds like a stretch that probably won't happen.

As for heavy I think they should remove the damage rampup mechanic as this actually reduces the class' quality of life a lot. Jump-revving is not viable, slowly creeping around a corner while shooting a wall is. To compensate, nerf the GRU and disciplinary action - mobility items for the heavy are kind of ridiculous. Namely

* GRU gets the same stats as the eviction notice (i.e. much smaller speed bonus but without the taking minicrits thing)
* whip buff gets considerably reduced for the heavy only. (don't really care if you whip other classes)

Freestate said on stream that Blaze can't go to i58 and TLR can, so I assume it's a temporary replacement until lan

I'm really glad that we got the win with a fantastic goal from Éder and not just penalties, because it was really looking like a penalties game. Really wish I was in Portugal to see celebrations though... I'm sure they're going nuts.

GG to France, really good team, Sissoko in particular is a beast both physically and skill-wise.

what he says in that timestamp: "the thing is sometimes my idea of a buff is their idea of a nerf"

if they can barely distinguish a buff from a nerf, it explains so much about the weird decisions they take. Maybe they thought the quickiebomb was "nerfed" too because of the clip of 4? Maybe they don't understand the advantages of burst damage vs damage over time. (reserve shooter is basically the same shit, you get increased damage for a smaller clip)

"I'm the best at everything" - The Scout, post-Meet your Match update

and he really was.

whoa but the scout talking about scrims and flank and capping mid damn son