we got $43 for it :D

Don't forget, the reason for this is to raise money for Platinum teams and players! All money goes to them! http://www.gofundme.com/5glzq4

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Nine and Out, community Highlander streamcast, every Tuesday at 8pm eastern, 5pm pacific.
NOW on http://www.twitch.tv/extvesports!
Created by Turbo_Cop, produced by Cold--, with commentators Getawhale, Kip, and DJ. Every week a new guest!

Feb. 4's Guest: Vhalin, Engineer and Team Leader of UGC Platinum team Gentlemen's Club.

Episode One, with Huey Lewis

Episode Two, with MustardOverlord

My kitty, Eko. Simultaneously the cutest and most annoying thing ever.

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Going live in about half an hour! And tonight it's fantasy drafting time!!

Third: Who do you think you are?

This is going live soon! Sigafoo is in studio, and word is he's going to play ukulele for us :D
http://www.twitch.tv/nineandout

Oh, haha, there will be plenty, don't you worry bout us ;) Over on UGC forums, we have daily, if not hourly, drama that will provide plenty of talking points.

Unfortunately, this was the only time we could all get together. Sorry :( VODs will be up on Twitch (perhaps Youtube?).

It's gonna to be really great, sort of a Fully Charged for the UGC highlander crowd! Every week, Turbo Cop, Cold--, Getawhale, DJ, and myself will be talking about the upcoming map, strats, weapon news/bans, as well as our own Plat fantasy league! We're drafting tomorrow night and it's gonna be fun.

Also tomorrow is our first guest, Sigafoo! We'll be taking questions from viewers, so bring all your questions about Sigafoo's new team, Murderforce90000. We'll also talk Short Circuit, the "Sigafoo spot" on Barnblitz last, the best engies in Highlander, and more! If you have any questions you want to ask Sigafoo (or any items for discussion for the stream), feel free to list them here!

No, not 80 viewers because she's a girl. 80 viewers because she's confirming the "Girl gamer" stereotype, which vindicates us then when we pass judgment on her.

Why does this keep happening? Why is this community unable to just let a girl make a fool out of herself on her stream without bringing huge amounts of attention to her? Let her be all "gurl g4m3r"- just give her 0 views. The more attention you give her and other streamers (regardless of gender) who have no real interest in the game, only in getting views, the more you encourage that behavior.

She needs to learn, just like everyone else who gets their stream on tf.tv sidebar, that you earn viewers through quality streams over a good amount of time. Giving her un-do attention is only going to encourage her to lower her shirt, put more smiley faces in places they do not belong, and play even less of the game.

one word: Korbel

I'm not thrilled to see Borneo as a regular season map and Barnblitz exiled to preseason. I know Barnblitz last is a pain, but I think in general it's a far superior map to Borneo. Also, no Granary? Thank God.

Fill up my star on tf.tv.

Here's a list of advice I assembled when I first started. Combination of Sal, Duder, and eXtine's advice (with a little of my own!)

• If you are going to use third person a lot, picking a spot in the sky and look down without moving your mouse. Don't do a lot of extra work trying to follow the action around. For example on Gravelpit's B point, the main fighting is always going to happen behind the point, so placing the camera by the giant rock looking down towards the house is a good vantage point.

• In third person camerawork, keep the camera still. Find a perch and stick with it for at least 5 seconds,and if you need to move the mouse to change angle, do it in a focused, slow way like a real camera(think security cameras on top of a grocery store). A way of using third person camera is to start in firstperson, click through until you find someone in a big battle or want to point out something about the map,then double-tap space to go 3rd-person and zoom straight up with the "Move up" / "Swim up" command. Binding that to a key near the WASD keys is very useful. Swim down is also useful of course, but swimup is great to get a 3rd-person vantage above the battle. You can bind those movement keys on the keyboard menu.
•Make sure you have "Hud_reloadscheme" bound to a key so you can quickly reload the HUD when
players drop/rejoin. It should look like: bind p "hud_reloadscheme". That will set it to your P key.

• In "down time" when not much is happening, watch Spies or Snipers.

• Keep the camera on the action. When you see a fight, make sure it's visible.

• Don't be afraid of first person and don't be afraid to click a few times until you find an interesting class. Spy almost always good, especially the spy of the team with lower Uber percent (needs to make a big pick). Heavy, soldier, or demo cam is often good, especially again when there's an uber deficit because soldier and demo will be trying to jump the med a lot. Sniper too

This is from my guide to casting, which is here if you or your friends are interested.