Creeper

Break the economy and tank unusuals again, but this time the money made by valve goes directly into the prize pool

I'm worried that nacl's gonna collapse soon too, unless it gets remarkably popular overnight

Last I checked only ~70 players have registered accounts on the site, let alone organized teams or divisions yet

If given the choice between running with rgl's ruleset my-way-or-the-highway or competing leagues improving on each other I'd rather take the latter

https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/connor-betts-twitter-politics-social-media/

Semed to be a self-declared anime fan and leftist, though I'm not up for cherry picking statements or getting into any sort of debate over what he meant.

I tried to make a complex roundabout statement of how i dislike white supremacy and anime equally, and how we'd probably be substantially better off without both. End those.

Rest of its up for scrutiny, so have at it.

I got a ton of feedback from this thread, and I intend to put it all to practice, but given the "remove part, boot, wait for machine to crash" trial-and-error I'll be working with for many of the suggestions, I'll be looking for my next free day to make computer repair an all-day event.

I'm also on vacation until the 12th at the latest, so I can't try much for the time being.

Two shootings in one day, one by a rightist white supremacist and the other by a leftist weaboo

Eliminate both ideologies and we grow as a species, really

That was actually the first night in weeks I went to bed at a normal time instead of pugging at peak degen hours

The cost of resetting your sleep schedule and getting your life together is apparently one grand

I'm lacking in general knowledge and I feel like I'm turbo-theorycrafting, but this solution seems kinda strange in the long run:

• everyone keeps every single unusual, taking thousands of potential buyers out of the market
  
• both the steam market and third party sellers (scrap, backpack, stn) suffer from the reduced demand
  
• whatever percentage of lan/tournament/season prize pool supplied by resell markets drops, unless geel feels especially generous
  
• valves own quarterly profits from the Mann co store and market transactions drop, making untangling spaghetti code to keep the lights on even less worthwhile
  
• valve keeps every penny they profited from the mistake

Correct me anywhere if I'm wrong, but doesn't this feel like the closest thing to valve physically cashing out all their tf2 chips? They raked in thousands now and nearly butchered the last thing keeping the game running monetarily. Like, we all know they're no strangers to both wholesale slaughtering their virtual economies and not caring about tf2's welfare, but doing next to nothing about the unusuals really does seem like the "welp we tried" solution to the problem.

Additionally, that refund policy is actually pointless. No one in their right mind is gonna return a high tier unusual for the ~$10 in steam funds they spent on it.

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when i fall into a super-deep youtube hole i tend to watch old uscsb accident videos, enough for my friends and i to develop a drinking game based on how predictable they are

Drink if:

• established standard procedure was skipped or ignored for the sake of efficiency
  
• employees were undertrained or were never trained at all, leading them to make otherwise innocent decisions that kill actually everyone
  
• rescue / damage control efforts devolve into slapstick comedy of mistakes and bad timing
  
• animations of "humans" used in the reenactment videos dont look the slightest bit human
  
• no established legal standards for handling chemicals or accidents of this type
  
• Rafael Moure-Eraso aka pirate Tommy Wiseau tries his best to make a coherent statement

Finish your drink if:

• safety equipment / other onsite devices have been broken for a long time, such that ghetto workarounds were developed instead without anyone questioning how bad of a decision their employer had been making
  
• "a similar incident occurred" 3+ years prior
  
• accident causes significant damage to the surrounding area or bodily harm to innocent civilians

this dude's saying that extine's on the pirates' payroll

good on you, buddy! :)

ban just the state of california and the worldwide competitive scene flourishes

realistically though ban england

if i can get the poor thing running long enough to pull this off, i certainly will

i was hoping this wasnt the case, especially since that's looking like the most expensive repair of whats been suggested

though the last time the third scenario happened it set off gigabyte's light codes, i just never got a chance to figure out which was setting off

I've been dealing with a really unpredictable crashing problem on my tower that's kept the poor thing sidelined for the better part of a year. The symptoms seem to change from day-to-day, and the exact cause is something that several different PC triage groups can't pinpoint. The crashes occur as follows:

• In some cases, the entire computer will operate perfectly fine, running games, browsers, music, and even streaming without a problem - until I shut it down, where the following conditions will occur on the next startup. (This case is very rare)
  
• After boot, the system will run through startup tasks and make it through 15 minutes of internet or gaming before it involuntarily restarts - not a hard shutdown, just rebooting from bios - without any sort of BSOD in-between. When this happens, the system will be stuck in a perpetual loop of booting, operating for 5-15 minutes, then soft-restarting until I shut it down myself. (This occurs most often)
  
• Occasionally, Windows 7 will begin its boot cycle only to hang infinitely on the "Starting Windows" screen. This can happen following a fresh startup or after several reboots of the previous condition. This one renders the computer completely inoperable, and the only short-term fix I have for this one is to shut it down and wait an indefinite amount of time. (This is also rare, but occurs more often than the first condition)

SPECS:

• Processor: Intel Quad Core i5 Q9450 2.66Ghz
  
• Memory: 6GB DDR2
  
• GPU: GeForce GTX 460 (a later addition to the system that was added a year before the crashes started)
  
• Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R
  
• Power Supply: Seasonic 600W

It's been suggested that the problem could be corrupt Windows 7 files, corrupt RAM, overloading the power supply, overheating, and even a faulty motherboard. However, I'd rather not rebuild the entirety of the tower from the ground up if most of the system is and has been operating fine, especially if I'm strapped for cash. If anyone knows or can suggest a fix, I'd appreciate the help.

b4nny's finally quitting tf2 to get a real job at starbies

grant if youre reading this we're all so proud of you for taking the next step toward being a productive member of society, and we support you wholeheartedly in this endeavor :)

valve making new things is a hard negative but id appreciate an unusual nightcap of some kind, as tribute to those who went to bed instead of investing triple digits in crypto at real degen hours