Anything from Shure or Westone are pretty rock solid. For your price range, if you are patient enough you could probably get a pair of Westone UM1's off ebay for around 60 bucks. They are probably the best balanced single driver earbuds you can get. Shure 215's are their equivalent single driver pair, but it will be hard to get those for 50 bucks unless you buy used (obviously buy new tips). They are more bass heavy if that is really what you are into. Also, everything in the Shure line now comes with removable/replaceable wires so that's a very nice feature.

I use to do studio recording work on the side when i was younger, I've used tons of IEM's, buds, and Custom molds...and just about anything Westone made sounded incredible to me. The UM1's would be my suggestion.

In all seriousness, i won't fall for another CoD game again until they do a reboot, or bring a new engine into play. The original Modern Warfare was excellent when it came out, but Activision has literally done nothing but repackage the same game for what...5 years now?

I was watching a few of the pro CoD players stream it last night, and it seems like they were all disappointed (dying way too fast, big maps, absolutely nothing new for competitive play). The general consensus of reviewers are giving it mediocre scores at best...except of course ign and their 8.8/10, big surprise there.

BF4 may not have been that big of a change from BF3 for basic gameplay - however they added a lot of new elements with the water attacks playing a huge factor, as well as a complete redesign around how they developed maps. While the BF series may not be the best for "competitive" multiplayer because of it size, it's absolutely fun as hell to pub. 32 v 32 is a blast, especially when you have a squad of friends on your team.

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Had a chance to upgrade to the new UM30's at a great price, so selling these to fund.

These are some of the best buds you can get that don't need an amp to drive them. I used them for TF2 & other games on my laptop and general music listening while traveling. Case and all tips are included...never used any of the tips that came with them as i always use Shure foam tips. Low hours and are in absolutely perfect condition. Paid $350 new, selling for $225 - if interested feel free to add me on steam or reply here.

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Probably for the best...since the mobo in your situation will be cheaper to replace than the proc. Unfortunately stuff like this happens and it's completely random...if it makes you feel any better my motherboard died 2 weeks ago during pre-match just before i was about to ready up lol.

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been playin alot, very fun other than the fact that several maps have that horrible sound bug...

rofl vect0r was the idiot demoman that got caught using the 16 pipe exploit. I still remember all the photoshops after that match with pipe traps at literally every choke on Well. Ah good times.

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i crash pretty much anytime a spell is used

I can tell you from personal experience, that 50k with a family is rough. 3 years ago when my son was born i was making slightly above that. I could never have justified going to LAN nor realistically afford it (without some other type of sacrifice). I live outside Pittsburgh, and cost of living isn't bad here either...but i was definitely living tight until i got my last promotion at work.

Don't get me wrong, i'd love to go to a LAN. I love having video games as a hobby, but times change. I stopped playing invite after s5 because priorities and mindsets became focused on more important things. Spending time with my family and advancing my career to be a good provider is my focus, not 20+ hour weeks of TF2 like i use to do. Everyone will hit that road at some point, so be open minded. Just because you can take vacation and go to LAN, doesn't mean you have to if you feel it can be used for something better.

To add onto what defy said...the biggest difference between TF2 and TFC is that TFC was entirely community run. The 3 main leagues (IGL, TFL, STA) were all run by community members / active players with very little and some cases no funding at all...however all 3 leagues were successful for many years. Even though TFC was overshadowed by CS...the competative community in both US and EU was massively larger than TF2. Though the leagues were all run very well, there was no prize money, LAN, or stats. Coming from 8 years of playing TFC and never seeing a penny, to the first TF2 tournament handing out $300 headsets was definitely a change. ESEA gives the players all the fringe benefits that we have become accustomed to, but we pay a premium (no pun intended), and are at the mercy of their rules, admins, and clients. I'm not trying to say ESEA is a bad league, hell even some of the issues (late payments, roster swapping, etc) aren't their problem.

I don't necessarily agree that a community league can't be done, but it won't be in the same format to what most people are use to....on top of that alot of people would have to step up and contribute. I'd love to see a community run league, obviously something like TFTV league where it's run by players for players. I would gladly help donate to get something started, and honestly i could give 0 shits about winning money...however i know many people would be turned off by either reduced or no prize money. People expect to win something now for their 40+ hour weeks of TF2, and i can't necessarily say i don't blame them...however that puts them at the mercy of whatever league they are paying to play in. At the end of the day, ESEA is a business - not just a gaming league. They are here to make money and provide a service...and regardless of how good/bad the service is, as long as people continue to pay they will be the only game in town.

As long as I've known you, you just seemed to be a full beard type of guy. Though anyone who purposely has a beard that just has the mustache ends is hard as fuck.

I'm brand new to pokemons, halp

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If i were plat i'd be more upset that the shirt looks like he lacks the ability to grow a full mustache.

I think this was from 2 seasons ago in a scrim :<

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