Before this nerf, in competitive play, no one really had problems with demoman. There wasn't much big demoman complaint threads at all and we were fine with how the game was(aside from little to no support from Valve). Then Valve releases this nerf(probably to cater the pubbers/SPUFers) and as the demo mains start to defend their class, their are others attacking the class or reasoning about it like "learn 2 aim". I agree that before this nerf, demoman was okay, he did a lot of damage, that seems fine as he has 25 lower health than soldier and can be countered by scouts like usual. After this nerf, I feel that demo is not too bad in a rough shape, but the change has definitely influenced how demo is played now. Maybe it's Valve's intention to see the competitive community try to change the stage of "Dealing a lot of damage and having soldiers/scouts clean up" into "Demoman playing more carefully, tactical, and the reliance of soldiers/scouts to initiate", or some other type of scenario.

I think the nerf to demo could've been handled a bit better, Changing mechanics like the radius can be a bit iffy, maybe just a direct change to damage would've been better, or the splash damage would've been more acceptable approach. But the buff to the nade launcher is definitely a message from Valve saying to start aiming with these and use these more. It's understandable, a slight problem is that you only have 4 nades, and unlike stickies, if you miss you can't just "detonate" them, same goes for rockets, but the way you aim rockets and nades are a bit different in the end. I'm not saying that this is the best option, but maybe having 6 nades in a clip(heck the model shows 6 slots right?) and decreasing the amount of stickies in a clip might be one way that Valve would see that would work. As it is harder to aim pipes than shoot stickies in a pub, the pubbers can deal with it until those people get better at pipe aim and start complaining to Valve again.

In conclusion, the nerf to demo has definitely changed the role of demo, whether this is a good or bad thing has been shown in different perspectives, adapting will have to be the result most likely in order to survive, and we'll have to hope to see if Valve can do different things for demo.

Pro players that have been banned from this deserved the ban. How can you call yourself a "professional" if you're throwing your team's matches. This is bad for the team, your sponsors, and eSports in general.

As for the ban for life, I can see it's pros and cons. One being that it will hopefully let other pro players know that this is unacceptable and that this is the result if you match-fix, thus preventing more match-fixes. But a life ban could be a disaster, some pro gamers that stick to their game, make it their "life/career" pretty much. Also a life ban is a lot in the end, a 1-2 year ban with a fine would've been better.

It's my favorite and best pokemon. Unfortunately, I'm cursed to have everyone make splash jokes whenever I join a new mumble.

One of the most fun looking fragvids I've seen in a long time. Great job!

thanks bro

Bad rep, but still really good.

If there's one thing I observed and learned from Blizzard, it's to never expect too much or have standard expectations. Blizzard I feel has so much potential, and has the ability to apply it and make something great in many different ways, but they just won't do it. I seem them sort of like Valve, just without the real effort.
I think there is a good chance this is going to be one of those hyped up games that streamers play for a bit and stop playing after a week to a month. One example of this is Titanfall, many people were hyped for it, got it and streamed it, then it died out. But if it's Blizzard, I think Overwatch can definite outlast Titanfall and various other overhyped games for a while, but what they will do in Overwatch for the remainder of the game and what it has to offer is of course one of the biggest factors.

That feel when I find one my of friends in this group holy shit.

It's true, it'd actually worsen your chances. Say you play Dota 2 or StarCraft 2 and they'll know you got the skillZ.

Killing Floor. Alien Swarm would've been good if they updated it more, but it's pretty okay for one campaign.

It's okay, he got aerowalk!

so close yet so far strenx :(

Was great in my opinion. I feel like many of the opinions on it just because it was Seth/James is a bit biased and has seen them too much, which probably resulted in a different view. It had it's comedic moments, and how they ended it wasn't so bad either. But James didn't nail the CIA girl so 7/10.

I agree, but whatever everyone said so far helps. I disagree on the 1v5 part. There's a lot of variables and situations that depend whether one can 4v5, 1v5, and etc. It just depends on the players on your team and who you're up against in the end. Pentakills in League and rampages in Dota 2 are all dependent in the end and I wouldn't say you can win 1v5 in Dota 2, unless your perspective of winning 1v5 is different from mine.

A lot of what fsXD covers major differences, but I wouldn't say that Dota habits would be a problem in most cases or all. It's usually League habits that have bad cases in Dota(like continual aggression and spamming abilities, and etc.). If you want to have a lot of fun, try to get Blitzcrank and go AD on him.

Got no money X_X. Hope to get it one day to check it out.