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Hey man, hope you're doing alright. There's no cut and dry answer for this type of thing, at some point the only way to make a change is active effort that starts with you. You have to want it and be good enough to yourself to stick with it and not let yourself slump into familiar habits. Try structuring your schedule and and really pushing yourself to stick to it until you develop a routine, such as when you sleep or make a point to go outside each day. I echo what others said in here regarding intramural sports being the best type of social club when you're not in school, I know I ended up trying a few before settling on krav maga but I know a lot of folks try ultimate frisbee or hiking for easy entry. The biggest thing is picking something with a relatively set schedule where you can expect to see the same social group each time, rather than something you have to push yourself to do on your own time (i.e. starting a gym routine, which is solid for structure but not so much socially). Do you play any instruments? Community music groups or even taking lessons are something else that can be fun. What about bar trivia, board game groups, or perhaps hobby groups? For me personally, I had to scale away from TF2 in order to truly be able to invest myself in other things, as the scene/grind to get better were hard for me to separate from and balance while attempting to do other parts of my life. Not everyone is like that of course, since you can absolutely balance both aspects of your life if you're disciplined. Just know that others have been in your shoes before and you're definitely not alone. Best of luck, you got this.

Ayy Phoenix crew. There are a few of us still active

A+ name, love it

Nice guy, wicked dm

Fantastic teammate and an awesome person to be around. She has a wealth of knowledge and years of perspective/experience at her back, not to mention the best engineer out there :)

The frequency has definitely gone up.. I mean, it's not lagging/crashing servers anymore, but I think we've been kicking a new hacker every 2 minutes in each pub we join. The micspam is an annoying addition

Well, you're not wrong. It's just difficult to maintain the same motivation at home as I do in the office where help is more accessible. It's hard to gauge how I like the line of work considering my inexperience, it's been less than a year and I've been hopping around based on need. Anyway, trying something new isn't out of the picture.. it's just tricky in quarantine alongside the mental toll that brings. No means for excuses, but it is as it is currently. Fingers crossed for some changes soon

You ever just have one of those moments where your team is energized and just clicks perfectly as everything goes in your favor in a push/win? Where your teammates are right where you need them and everyone just works together seamlessly.. Sounds lame but moments like that keep me playing.

Also to echo everyone else on sweet airshots and perfect flick meatshots. I'm also a fan of pretty reflects but y'know :)

I know this is nothing new considering all that's been going on, but having each day feel the same has basically sapped my energy in everything I do. I can do my job from home but I'm slowly deteriorating there too, then that feeling of unproductivity drops mental value elsewhere. Just need some diversity in the day to day I guess

free chad yeager

divine powers out here to make sure tf2 doesn't happen

CU@! :)

Looking forward to seeing you all this weekend! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help get some TF2 going, I'll be game either way.

http://dreamhack.com/anaheim
February 21-23
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim CA

Tickets go on sale in about 10 days.

It's been a while since a LAN of this scale came to the west coast, let alone a venue of this size. Figured I'd gauge and see if anyone here would be thinking of going. There's a decent community out here, we should get some TF2 presence together.

Ahh I'm super late. I've been at DH Denver this weekend, anyone else make it? Haven't seen anyone else playing tf2 yet

Definitely a fun event though. I hope everyone is having a great time