I didn't catch that at first. Now I have, and I'm not happy about it.

The problem is that there is no perfect format, and changing the format just for the sake of change is a waste of time and resources. 6v6 is the best we've got, and is certainly the most established; if the dev team is as small as most people think, they should follow what prior work there is, not start from scratch. I do agree that having some classes limited to 2 and some to 1 is pretty dumb, but it's a necessary consequence of the state of balance between the classes. Ideally, Valve should commit to a class limit (probably a limit of one) and then balance around that.

As an aside, I think that this thread has gone pretty far into Slin vs. the world, when this is really the kind of discussion the community should be having with the TF2 team. As it stands, we're all just tilting at windmills.

The problem is that it's impossible to trust that the developers will use any feedback that we could give, because they quite plainly haven't learned any lessons from successful matchmaking systems, even those that other Valve employees have made. For competitive matchmaking to work, it needs to follow the competitive format that already exists, if there is one. Every matchmaking system that has been successful, across genres, has either been made in the image of a competitive scene that already existed, a la Starcraft and DotA, or has been made to create a competitive scene where none existed, like in Overwatch. With matchmaking being neither the loosely driven chaos that pubbers are accustomed to, nor the well established gameplay that serious competitive players are accustomed to, it appeals to nobody, and is doomed to fail. I sincerely hope that the design goals of the TF2 team can align with the goals of the competitive community, but quite frankly, we've all been burned before, and our collective faith is running short.

Merci mr fapn

A 20 ms lerp isn't appreciably different from a 15.2ms one, but it requires 3 more characters that I have to type, therefore it is infinitely less valuable to me.

Also, you might as well set rate, updaterate, and cmdrate as high as they can go, because then they'll be set to the highest that the server you're playing on can support.

Seriously though, this is a dumb post. Anyone who wants to change their network settings has places to look that have better advice from people significantly more qualified to give it than yourself.

TBH it's generally much worse

As a lifelong Cubs fan, I expect us to choke. That way, I can be pleasantly surprised if we don't.

EDIT: Seriously, though, this could be our year. Strongest pitching staff we've had in basically forever, we just need to not throw innings away when the bases are loaded.

If you want some constructive criticism, there are a lot of clips that aren't really worthy of a frag video, and as a result the video is waaay too long. The best frag movies are short and to the point, and generally contain only the best clips. This feels more like "every kill from some random bball match". Additionally, I'd suggest finding some music that fits better with your clips, or editing your clips in such a way that they fit along with the music. Try synchronizing the best kills with high-energy moments in the song, and timing less exciting clips to go along with slow parts of the song.

When I was like, 3, My parents dressed me in zubaz.

In high school, I was simultaneously the "combat boots, trench coat, and BDU pants" guy and the "anime t-shirt" guy. I also had ill-advised dreads, and painted my fingernails black.

I have since... chilled out.

You'll also note at the beginning of that video he mentions that the speed bonus on the LnL has been removed. The speed bonus gives it a significantly greater range.

Some are ok. The first Pokemon movie, the first tomb raider movie, and the prince of persia movie were all fine. Certainly not Criterion films, but they were fine.

There are also plenty of good short films based on videogames. Forward unto dawn was good.

As long as they don't do a bunch of "in-jokey" references meant to pander to fans of the game, and instead just make a movie in an established universe, it should be fine. If Abrams is reasonably heavily involved, then it will probably be decent, his adaptations of Star Wars and Star Trek were pretty well executed, and had some nods to the previous material without getting to the point of being excessive.

Have a more open line of communication with the community, perhaps a weekly community interaction post or something on reddit/steam/twitter, where we can give feedback and get insight about where the devs see the game going. I know the Valve company line is basically about giving up as little info as possible between updates, so as not to contradict yourselves if things change down the line, but with a game that needs community involvement as much as TF2 does, that policy will end up doing more harm than good. At the end of the day, the average user going to be mad about something or other even if they don't know what's going on behind the scenes, so it's better for the people who do want to have positive involvement to have a way to provide input.

Apart from that, there are a lot of things that seem to basically be prerequisites to playing the game reasonably well, as far as editing config files and changing settings go, so having some of those be defaults, or at least easily accessible through the options menu, would be great. Speaking of the options menu, it would be nice to have the long, scrollable, list of multiplayer options changed into a larger panel with a few tabs, so that everything can be laid out a bit better. As it stands, some options are a pain to get to. It shouldn't be easier for me remember console commands for every option I want to change than to go and hit a toggle in a menu.

I used to play probably 14 hours a day back when I was depressed and out of work. I'm not sure that I was addicted so much as I had no purpose in my life and tf2 was the thing that was able to fill that void. From my experience with old clan mates, teammates, and server regulars I've met, it seems like there are a lot of people who are really unhappy who play tf2 like it's their job; moreso than any other online game that I've played.

At the end of the day, if you're still living a life geared towards fulfillment and success, then there's no problem playing as much of whatever game you want. But if it gets to the point where you're putting the game before real life obligations, then you would be well served by examining your life and determining whether or not you should stop playing. Like, I love tf2 as much as the next person, but no video game is worth missing out on life.

I just eat like, 6 lemons during matches and scrims. Citrus fruits are naturally rich in water.

Quit:
illegal drugs (~3 years this past july!)

to (not) do:
cigarettes
putting off starting cardio
spending money irresponsibly

I could probably stand to drink less to, but w/e