Even if NiP take Cache, I don't see them winning Inferno, unless they held back some next-level strats they didn't even bust out when they lost it to TSM.w

Wait, the teams get entrances now? Now all I can think about is fnatic coming out to chants of FANAAAAATIC! FANAAAAATIC! and the Goldberg theme.

Shame about VP, I was really feeling them after that great Cobble.

Got one yesterday - it's a shitty case, but I don't mind. Heavily debating scratching off the Keyd sticker though.

This is fucking intense. GO NIP!

Holy shit, those plays. Any of you Americans not yet up for some CSGO, make sure to rewatch the 14th and 15th rounds of NiP - TSM.

rip 16-0

Every time there is a CS tournament going on I tell myself 'hey, I'll just watch one match between other stuff, just as a distraction' and then I end up watching the entire thing.

Having fun watching Friberg going pretty huge right now, but I'm not sure if NiP isn't going to go down in the quarter finals.

Whoops, you're right, I got ahead of myself on that one. I heard the fact mentioned in various conversations I had about tuition fees in Germany, but apparently that was just a proposition to make the fees less of a burden on financially disadvantaged students.
What is actually a thing is that your fees, along with the nationwide financial support (which is dependent on parents' wages) do not have to be paid back until you earn a certain amount of money. Also, there is an upper limit on how much you have to pay back (10k for state support only, probably more if tuition fees are included). So, even though you might not be entirely exempt from tuition fees, this still seems to be a reasonable system to me.
You still were entirely right in calling me out, however. Good opportunity to read up on that sort of stuff too, I expect tuition fees to make a comeback in Germany in ~5-10 years.

The issue is a bit more complex than it maybe looks from across the pond - as all inner issues do when viewed from the outside. German tuition fees were about €500 per semester - very manageable. Additionally, most students with poor parents would've gotten them back from the state, which is why 'tuition fees are social injustice' is somewhat of a questionable argument. I haven't made my mind up on whether fees are a good idea or not, since determining which students can't afford the fees is not easy and misjudgements would be common.
I am currently on an exchange in Ireland. My tuition fees are paid for by the EU, so that's fine, but I have noticed how much more up-to-date facilities are and how many services are offered for students which just don't exist in Germany, like uni-funded student activities. I can use a huge sports complex with a sauna, weight rooms and a public pool for free - it's pretty amazing.
So tuition fees are maybe not all bad, at least within certain bounds. The American system is pretty terrible, I'll admit that. But arguing for sensible balance between state funding and students' contributions seems, in my opinion, to be a more politically sound platform than dogmatic approaches of 'categorical no to tuition fees' or 'universities have to be profitable and keep themselves afloat'.

Source: Studying in Germany - wow, this became a bit of a wall of text.

GOD, literally every game from the round of sixteen on went the opposite way I wanted. Now we're not even getting Robben in the finals, and who knows if he'll make the cut in 2018? Kill me now.

So I'm assuming van Gaal saw Spain winning all their games 1-0 in 2010 and is now trying to bring that strategy to perfection by bringing every game to penalties. So far, it's working.

I can't wait for all the awkward WW2 metaphors in the papers tomorrow.

That was pretty intense. Hard to say they didn't deserve it, what with all those wasted opportunities, but the US were legitimately one of the most entertaining teams in the cup.

The dream is dead ;_; hold me

Edit: Swerve coming?

ohshit