Speaking on the murder case:

I actually heard about this from a friend but, apparently before the police got involved people in the Chinese student community in Toronto already knew. It was posted on the popular message board YorkBBS, if anyone wants to try to find the original thread.

Basically, in this thread, a friend of the girl gave the back-story about how the guy was in China and the girl was studying at York University. The thread also goes on to describe what happened in detail, saying that the attack was a rape attempt and then the girl was killed for resisting, all in front of the boyfriend who was watching. The boyfriend wasn't the one who called the cops but he got in contact with one of her friends who called the cops. The theory was that the attacker was actually a stalker of this girl.

Pretty fucked up shit...

Consequence of playing with the quickfix. Pocket becomes way too important.

Game was lost with a messed up solo uber off of Mike pick. They gotta be more patient.

Looking forward to some Bo3 series between IM and HRG. That match was super close, and like B4nny said if they didn't push out with 15 seconds left they could have taken it to golden cap and it might have turned out totally different. Either way, now HRG should rally and really get their shit together, seems like they've been getting complacent. Also, really interested to see how IM stacks against EPSI.

I think that's how almost every competitive community treats stuff that changes their game. Just look at SC2 when balance changes happen, you'll never see worse vitriol. People got to give some people power to just be willing to shove maps down people's throats.

Buy some new luggage container or a new bag to stuff it into.

Hopefully it's just a fine, assuming he is a first time offender.

How about making quickfix auto activate when you hit 100%.

I think two things would make tf2 way easier follow. First thing is a mini-map, I heard people were already working on it so when that comes out things will get much better. The other thing was already mentioned, but yea camera angles that are already setup with hotkeys. However, only if that view is in picture-in-picture because the gameplay is still more important in my opinion.

Love to be able to code this stuff up myself, but I don't know where to get a hold of sourceTV programming resources. If anyone can hook me up, would be fun to play around with in my spare time.

Mad men so inconsistent. They play out of their minds some games, and then stink it up hard others.

I don't think you need to take such a defeatist attitude. TF2 has the potential to be a really popular eSports game, and I think anyone that really starts watching will realize how awesome and deep the game is.

The positive side is that over these last few months the viewer-base has grown pretty fast. I think we went from a few hundred watchers to a few thousand. Comp TF2 threads are also hitting the top of r/tf2, which is a good sign. If we keep on this path, while at the same time making broadcasts more consistent, you'll see the scene grow.

Comp tf2 is already one of the most unique and interesting competitive formats that exists in competitive gaming. Current eSports have only the two extremes of 1v1 (SC2, Quake) and team games (CS:GO, MOBAs); while in tf2, the individual skill ceiling is just as high as team skill. In traditional sports, you have your 1v1 sports like tennis and your team sports like volleyball. But the biggest sports (soccer, hockey, baseball, football) are those that not only focus on team dynamics but also allow for the rise of star players. This is something that is currently missing from the current more popular eSports. Can you pick a single "best player" in LoL or Dota2 that is as dominating as b4nny?

Because of tf2 ability to promote star players while also maintaining the team dynamic, I think the game has hugely untapped potential. The problem is that very few people know comp tf2 exists. Almost 100% of starcraft players know about professional players, you'd probably find similar numbers for LoL or Dota players. In contrast, for tf2 knowledge of competitive play is likely under 1% of the total player-base.

TF.tv is already a great start for spreading awareness as the central hub for the tf2 competitive scene. We should try to solve the other issues that plague bringing the game to masses. For instance, game instability is a huge problem as players seem to be constantly crashing; this is not an issue in other games. Or server/stv reliability, jumping in and spectating isn't a problem with Dota or LoL. I think once we solve the content delivery and awareness problems, you'll really start to see that viewer-base grow.