i hate the rescue ranger and want it banned but i dont know that changing the whitelist at all pre-lan after having it in effect for several months is a good idea

are you actually suggesting that new players care at all about weapon bans???

seriously like 5 times they mentioned "we want to test some of the less horribly broken weapons; unbanning them in leagues is the only reliable way to test them, and considering we were able to reban the atomizer in 2 days we feel comfortable in our ability to reban weapons as necessary"

tho i do agree that changing the whitelist right before a lan is questionable, I also have no doubt that scheduling conflicts were a real bitch.

idk man people threatening to sub out new players who aren't trolling are really some of the most cancerous things anyway. Mixchamp and pugchamp are a bit lesser known, but I feel like faceit is super accessible and feels more legit; it just feels better for newer players. those people can always be redirected to tf2c but that place is pretty cancerous for newbies too.

definitely in favor of a rep system of some sort but not a fan of the idea of repping newbies for being new

got mouse! it work good!!

or at least the ones who want to share are

b4nny cut paddie so when he inevitably loses to meat market he can claim it was because of last minute roster changes!!

I worked for this gourmet ice cream shop for a while and they had all kinds of unusual flavors. gun to my head, favorite was gorgonzola and candied pecan. Sounds fucked up but holy shit you really gotta taste to believe. no gorg chunks, she just melted it into the ice cream base so it got this kinda salty flavor and god DAMN

bump

still tho if you get it and download it now its still playable, i just played dirt 3 like 3 days ago

he's gonna fuck this country hardcore, blame obama, and his constituents will believe him. 50/50 on being impeached within 6 months and then living with Actual Homophobe Michael Pence; all depends on whether the russian ties the intelligence agencies are claiming to have on him are as deep as they appear to be.

kanye west 2020

I wouldn't call it a playlist, exactly...

Occasionally I pause and play this real quick.

As it is, if you want to push last you either need a sizable uber ad or you need to keep sacing players until you create one, or give up and go for the sniper. I don't see why uber degredation makes bringing a heavy to push into last any more viable than before, but even if it does, I feel that giving attacking teams a reason to push (as opposed to standing around waiting for picks) is a positive change.

More importantly, I don't think that teams actually losing uber would be a major factor with this change, as long as the uber drain is slow enough. What this really encourages is players getting caught out. In your example of holding Gully last, yes, holding your whole team in lobby is an easy way to get wiped--but you don't really have to do that. In order to maintain your uber, both teams would just need one dude standing close enough to consistently take spam. This isn't enough to guarantee a team gets wiped trying to maintain uber, but it does give the other team a better reason to play aggressively, trying to catch that risk player.

Sure, one team could decide to just sit around and not spam, but that would let the other team get really close and execute effective sac plays.

Obviously there are some implementation issues with this idea that others have pointed out, but developed properly I don't see why uber degradation can't be used as a way to encourage fights. The issue this idea tries to address is that no team wants to risk using an uber while risking being unable to pop the other team's uber, nor do they want to lose players trying to force and give the opposing team a chance to push. So an easy solution is to make uber something you have to pop.

What if uber only built while healing hurt players, and slowly drained while not healing or giving overheals? Would be even more effective at encouraging fights if self-damage didn't count towards uber.

A couple of details to consider; trying to avoid minor issues that people are gonna want to harp on.

1. While not healing, ubercharge drains at a rate of 1%/sec. I think that should be the max rate considered, slower might be better.
2. Uber does not charge while giving overheals.
3. After a certain time period of giving overheals, uber will start to drain. I'm thinking at least 10 seconds.
4. Self damage does not count as uber heals. Keeps teams from settling into the exact same stalemates as always except with one player who's just shooting himself in the face constantly

So now teams can still slow down here and there, which I think is important for both players for thinking things through and commentators so they can maybe say some interesting things, but the no-risk eternal turtle hold dies since at least one player needs to get close enough to consistently take damage from enemies and risk getting caught out.

my favorite team is #thirdplaceb4nny

I'm down to buy the dm1