There's actually a lot going down at UGC.

Because we're a free league, some things happen much more slowly (like creating a stat client, an in-game GUI for match mod, etc, or servers for people to use) but we're getting there.

Paid competitions have been discussed briefly, but things just haven't panned out yet.

UGC is also actively courting sponsors so that we can get *real* prizes and provide more benefits to players - while remaining mostly or entirely free.

Also while CEVO having a higher profile than UGC was true at one time, I would say that is no longer the case. You would be hard pressed to find a player unfamiliar with UGC due to the highlander scene and how absolutely massive it is.

I personally am extremely biased against CEVO because the last tournament of their's that I was involved in was a complete and utter waste of time for pretty much everybody involved and I'm not even talking about the vanilla "tournament"

Atrophy_b7.....never forget....

Also Bump? Logic for med 2012-2013

Max is one of the gems of this community as far as personalities go. I'd say his demo is strongest, but he can shoot the ground effectively too.

The next goal will obviously have to be going through an entire season without dropping a round...

Good folks with a commitment to improving. 0 mad + bad factor. Will compete with me for pockets :(

Necromancy-esc bump

We're now actually trying people out lol. Had some health problems come up with one of our team mates but he's all better now mostly lol.

Looking for a pocket soldier and a scout.

Ps. I wish robot still played :(

Why scouts build:

1. Saves Ammo
2. Keeps scout close to med - and not running off and dying
3. Soldier's full attention is on spamming stuff and looking around
4. Somewhat less dangerous for scout to build because he achieves the optimal rate with less damage done to himself - whereas your soldier has to keep knocking himself under 275 and not letting it reach 275 - this is important because said soldier will most likely be called upon to stop anybody rushing the med and he'll need all the help he can get.

In short uber charge rates:

If subject is under 142% (275 on soldier for example) and not being healed by anything else, you're charging at the fastest possible rate (assuming no quickfix).

If subject is at full over heal - charges more slowly

If subject is being healed by something else (dispenser and/or other medic) charges even slower.

+1 to what Kalkin said. Being the UGC admin for 6v6, I get a lot of the "Hello" and then me not responding for ages.. Then somebody is mad because something was broken and I apparently made no attempt to fix it - if only they'd said something that made me think it was important :p

I just smoke hookah and cigars. I've tried E-cigs and would say if you're gonna smoke a cigarette (which I've always found to be pretty yucky) it's the better way to go because the aroma is better and it isn't as clingy.

The biggest problem with quitting any addiction is that your brain has A. physical activities (holding cig, hand to mouth, etc). B. Associated habits (smoking cigs while at the PC, at the bar, etc).

Breaking those habits with a replacement activity is really good. If you *always* smoke when you're on the PC, stop and smoke only before and after for as long as you can stand it so they disassociate themselves etc, and drink oodles of water.

With nicotine your chemical addiction actually breaks pretty rapidly - it's just the habits and associations that drive you to smoke after the first several days of cold turkey.

If you do try to quit nicotine here are a few things you should be aware of:

You will likely perform more poorly at tasks in which you typically smoked during or before for a while (mostly due to distraction).

You will dream about it - often, many times the dreams will be so vivid that you will think that you broke down and smoked.

You may experience mood swings - frustration mostly.

You also will likely experience an increase in appetite because nicotine is a hunger suppressant.

Here's my rough guide to quitting smoking.

Buy a single pack and try to ration it as strongly as you can (I bought cigars by the box and hookah by bulk package - you can buy these things in smaller increments equivalent to a pack). Maybe only smoke once every 8 hours (that's how I started out). If that's too hard try for a smaller increment. Stick with that until the pack is gone. Go buy another single pack and increase the time by a few hours. The main thing here is that you are developing new habits to disassociate smoking with whatever you usually do. Also, when you smoke, do something unusual - have a walk, sit outside, don't do anything else or doing that anything else will encourage you to smoke in the future.

For the first week, try to avoid alcohol or any other things that may lower your inhibitions and thus allow you to break more easily.

Then after you start getting down to only having a few in a day (rations of 1 per 12-16 hours) you can try going cold turkey - it helps if you throw away any remaining tobacco at that time or you'll go fucking insane (don't shred them or otherwise handle them too much).

Also, put your smoking stuff in a place that's out of sight and somewhere hard to get to so you aren't tempted. I buried my stuff under a pile of random kitchenware so I'd have to pull everything out of the damn drawer and put it all back again just to have a smoke lol.

I know this isn't viable for everybody - but what really helped me was spending 3 days at my (at the time) gf's parent's house on a little vacation once I finally went cold turkey, just get away for a few days to a place where you can't smoke makes it 100% easier.

I have a little bit of experience here. I've dated people with abusive backgrounds, I've dated people with depression/mental issues, and I've also suffered from depression myself.

Long-distance relationships are hard. They're all work and no gratification. Dating somebody with mental issues is difficult as well because you're constantly trying to have their back and lift them up and you don't often get to see results. People also become dependent on a distant other for support, and neglect forming close contacts with people locally - and thus have a poor support network.

Like Meb said, the best thing you can do is attempt to attain treatment. It's embarrassing, and expensive, but it can be done. If you have insurance it's not so bad. Sometimes just asking about your options is enough - some places aren't horribly nasty about payments, etc, if you insist you need help but don't have the money.

You could try to look at a student visa? Look into colleges and etc in Canada. It may also be expensive but it could get you situated long enough to cross over into foreign worker territory.

To be entirely honest, in your situation. The best thing you can do is look into attaining independence. Either A.) finding work of any type that will allow you to live away from your family or B.) finding schooling options that work that will get you away from your family - it's not hard to get into colleges especially if your family isn't rich - or if you're over 23 and living in the US if you're not especially wealthy. Doing any of this will get you in a situation where you can attain treatment for any issues you may be having. I can't say enough about living for your self especially if you come from a bad background. I dated a girl that had been in a horrible situation at home, but once she got to working and school, and didn't have to deal with her family, she was much happier - she still had problems, and that killed our relationship, but she is fine and in law school now - if anything she'll end up much better off than me!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590#TWEET273232 for highlight video - all I can right now #25

Was really cool to watch.

There was this one time while I was writing my thesis that MS word randomly lost 25 of my citations (I had a 137 so it was kinda a bitch).

X and I go way back - been talking with Radium from time to time as well. Will be good.

I should note we wont be doing tryouts immediately as teams figure out what they're doing post-playoffs, however, I wanted to throw this out there for folks who are already looking. Thanks for the comments :D

I wouldn't mind a return of KOTH_ashville or Standin, Koth_granary was pretty fun when I pugged on it, or even warmfront. If I were master of the universe we'd still be playing warmfront - especially if an upgraded version has been made.

Follower is a nonstarter because it's simply massive and suffers from the same problems as cp_ash. CP_Freight is fucking terrible because of the forward spawn placements. It's literally impossible to escape your own last unless you wipe the enemy team, retain uber and 4-5 players. Yukon could be interesting, but it's certainly not a favorite.

I always felt cp_ash would have been more successful if parts of each point (excluding last) had been lopped off, just cut everything by a third and make each point (besides last) a 2 door point with a secondary access (a la the window in snake, the "new" door on gran second).