Hmm, I'm no expert when it comes to this kind of stuff, but your best bet would probably be to find some way to take it apart. I mean worse case scenario you break it more right? lol

Then I'd start looking for the source of your burning - it could just be that some component is getting really hot and touching a bunch of dust or some other object - paper scraps or hell I've even found saw dust inside of a computer before so it could be anything.

It could also be that some wiring is now exposed or some electrical component is overheating and dying.

describe pooping out. I've had the same Death Adder for almost 7 years and with a few pretty simple repairs it's still in perfect working order :D

https://www.investor.gov/additional-resources/free-financial-planning-tools/compound-interest-calculator

I'd agree there SAC - I was jut talking with Bl4nk the other night about how much more willing I'd be to play again if crusader's crossbow were banned and I could go back to using needles and having people die when expected lol.

As far as contractions and comma's go, it really depends on your audience. For example, in *formal* writing, like a term paper or a senior thesis, you would NEVER want to use a contraction - because it's supposed to be as formal as possible. If you're simply writing an essay prompt, which is what this is, I'd assume most common contractions are fine, particularly because whoever looks over this application will not actually be reading your essay in its entirety, but likely just scanning it for strange, off-putting stuff or interesting anecdotal stories.

When you write this sort of thing, you're trying to sell whoever it is that is reading this prompt on you. Just keep that in mind. What do you think are the sorts of things they'd like to hear? What makes you an interesting person who they should let attend, etc?

It also depends on the kind of institution you're attending - a Christian college would want to hear a lot about your religious experiences and convictions, a liberal arts school would like to hear about how you've had a life long love affair with X even though you're *most* interested in Y. A large university would like to hear about *why* you've selected them over other large institutions. Is there a particular program or professor you'd like to work with, etc?

IIRC, my entrance essays all mainly focused around my experiences working at the local land-fill lol (I got that job when I was 16). I think it served me well because it showed I was willing to literally dig through garbage to achieve whatever it was that I wanted lol.

Whats wrong with stalemates exactly? It's lame when the other team are big weenies or trying to park the bus on you, but it's up to you to figure out what to do - it's not impossible to push out it's just something most teams pry don't practice a lot and so they get scared and a vicious cycle of weeniedom ensues.

It depends really - it's less of a "when should I try" and more of a "how do I recognize that I can" sort of question - because almost any push situation is going to look or play out slightly differently.

So, I'll run through a few situations:

1. Any time your opponent is on their last point and pops their uber to get out to second. Ideally at least 2 of your team will attempt to go back to last (picking the correct door to go through is the important part because you don't want to run into the non-ubered players on the other team and die instantly lol). If you succeed you win the round, if you fail you've likely pulled back enough of the opposition to hold 2 with respawns (or maybe even their uber if they have no faith in their team).

2. As saam said any time the other team pushes you with players disadvantage is a time to at least look into the back cap (this usually happens when they force your uber with a suicide and then push after). I wouldn't suggest going for this if you're holding last however.

3. Any time your team holds mid and the opposition is pushing mid with a small remainder of players in a transition fight (for example your team pushes 2nd and it goes badly, but there are only 2-3 players left alive on the other team).

My rule of thumb for cap denial is it's worth sacking to deny the forward cap so long as they're stacking it - x5 usually is enough to justify it - the reason why - is if the cap number is very small that means they've sent 2+ players back to stop the back cap (or have some as spawners) and unless you're a dm-lord a regular slow push will suffice for your team (because you're going to die most likely). If you've already got the point half-capped and there are still x5+ on the point sacking your whole team to block is worth it - especially because the point is a target rich environment when your team's dive starts.

You've got a lot of options here though - I wouldn't *always* go for the back cap every time you notice the opposition's flank is empty/weak - a lot of those situations also allow for long flank plays, or for you to simply wait there and give your team another axis of attack when they push back in on a point (basically you're momentarily trapped behind). So I would practice in scrims a variety of those sorts of plays - including simply getting out with your team - because once you even attempt a back cap 1-2 times your opposition is likely to change the way they push lol.

I wouldn't be so hard on newer invite types - on a technical level they are undoubtedly more skilled than some of the players from yesteryear. The main difference is the general *level* of competition since the old "High-" and mid+ tiers of players have suffered tremendous attrition over the last 2 years or so.

But this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BBLJ7lROqQ you can also find the stv's for this if you google esea season 10 LAN + tf2 + stv.

There are lots of games that experience a competitive renaissance late into their life-cycle.

TFC had pug groups running fairly regularly out of their IRCs late into 2012, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 has an international ranking system and regularized on-line tournaments now. Smash of course is another big one.

If you expect tf2 to rise to the level of OW's corporate sponsorship you're sadly mistaken. The reality is that is a new game and there were 10 million players at one point or another as of July - and the game is still too young to see if it will have any sort of staying power. Lots of shooters have come out over the last 8 years that garnered sponsorships, buzz/hype, and even had LAN tournaments, but ultimately have died or failed as competitive games (Titanfall, NS2, and Ricochet in particular and many others).

I know the update was disappointing for a lot of people - but really the idea that the game is still getting updates at all is pretty amazing to me (even though I dislike a lot of their content - mainly because I tend to distrust new things). Just peruse a list of games that came out the same years as TF2 did and see how many of them are still receiving active dev support - I would wager the list is incredibly small. Hell, there are probably lots of games from 07' that aren't even playable anymore due to server shut-downs.

I don't know when it'll be uploaded to youtube - but it should happen sometime in the future - it may be a bit because the matches have to be chopped apart from the larger VOD.

Well for paying the league fee you'd have to exchange the money directly through paypal accounts - pretty sure that would work. Then the person that sold the keys would get some sort of lump sum deposited in their paypal account and would be able to spend that money on league fees/premium etc. Which wouldn't work for the steam wallet unless you used your key money to buy a game's key and sell that on a gray market site in time lol.

You can buy other peoples' premium without joining the team, but I think you have to be on their roster to pay the league fee iirc so you'd have to go the paypal deposit route.

Shittalk and conflict is absolutely great for creating a narrative that forces the viewer to become invested in one competitor over another.

If rando's binds upset you maybe it gave you a reason to care about froyo moreso than you otherwise would have? That's why I was so willing to comment on it throughout the cast. When both teams are more or less unknown quantities (due to not streaming or posting much - of course b4nny is a BIG exception here) it's sometimes difficult for passive observers to really find a reason to care about the different competitors they're watching. Rando played the heel well.

Well done to both teams and congrats to Froyo for pulling out the win - a great grand finals - shame we couldn't do more hype for it in advance.

Casualties:

Kevinispwn lost at least 3 years of his life during the first match
TrukTruk: Unknown but vocal calluses probably in his future
Yimi: 1 tooth destroyed
Marxist: a lot of Dos Equis and 3 glasses of water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ

The plan right now is to rotate casters a bit in case the games go on long like last night so nobody has to kill their vocal chords lol.