couple of things, but main thing is:
Make the VTF 2048x2048. The dimensions need to be a power of 2. examples 4x4, 32x32, 64x64 (64x32 would also work afaik)
The dimensions in the text file can be whatever, but I recommend just centering the 1920x1080 image on a 2048x2048 canvas and making it a VTF, then using 2048 for width and height in the text file as well. Keeps things simple

As for your VTF flags I recommend also selecting "No Minimum Mipmap" underneath "No Level of Detail". I don't actually remember what it affects but I've always had it selected so no harm done if you do

I also recommend the first flag "Point Sample" for this particular crosshair since this will remove a tiny bit of remaining blur. I recommend using point sample for crosshairs like crosses and such, though it is not required at all for them to work nor is the tiny blur a big deal. Most people won't even notice the difference

looks like ql_2 which available on https://cfg.tf/tools/crosshairs/
if you try it and it's not exactly what you're looking for you can try FatCrossOL or Crosshair7OL, also available on the site

You mean like the one rivka used for a while? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7cT0pakPI8

I can make you one. I'll bookmark this thread and post a couple versions tomorrow if i find the time

The language barrier can be bigger than you think. An example being that a lot of EU mixes tend to be people from the same nationality because they don't want to comm English. And for many of them that's their only practise in comp tf2 outside of officials/scrims (which is also often on teams that do not comm English. Many stick together even if it means not improving as fast or being limited to a small player pool to pick from)

Only reason I'm on a team this season is because I got introduced to the Dutch mix circlejerk. Not that I mind the comm language, but there was a relatively large demand for Dutch mixes which I was unaware of before. They all can comm English very well, but avoid mixing with non-dutch speaking players unless there's no other way. Very often we mix against Finnish only, Russian only, etc mixes because they'd just rather comm in their own language

This is based on your experience talking to those who can, but in reality a decent chunk of players does not. You just don't notice it because they're actively avoiding having to talk English so you never get in contact with them

tl;dr (I think, OW players are braindead so it's hard to figure out their logic and i didn't go through the entire thread and just looked for the important bits)

Org has history of making sexist comments and being toxic towards female players.
One of the toxic players gets cut.
The cut player (Colluge) and a teammate (Punisher) use Punisher's alt (ellie).
They then use this alt to alternate queueing with a "girl gamer" to make it appear as if they're not toxic anymore.
They had a 17 year old girl sit next to Punisher when he played so she could talk.

https://i.imgur.com/J7GB5m5.png

That's called the Pilot crosshair. or at least that's half of it. It also comes with a vertical line that you enable seperately. A lot of the longer running HUDs have them installed in hudlayout.res like HUD crosshairs

I've never really messed around with large res VTFs. What's the limitation? Only limitation I know of is the width and length having to be a power of 2 and I've seen large resolution crosshairs before so it's probably very doable

edit: made a quick resize of a crosshair to 2048x2048. seems to work just fine https://imgur.com/a/5f70JeM

gl :)

3 days ago
"Hi dad. Haven't seen you in a couple months. Plans for NYE already? If not, how about we go watch the fireworks again like we've been doing the past 3 years?"
"I don't know yet, son. Might have work, I can't really tell yet."
"No problem, I'll send you a text on NYE once I get out of work"
"Sure thing!"

Today, 4 hours after sending text. no reply. almost 9pm

https://i.imgur.com/i6oeMDo.png

i couldn't go to i63

cu@ i65 though

Quit college (for now). Not a bad thing because I feel much happier not having to deal with the stress. And I work fulltime at a place where they're already cool with me possibly switching degree if I choose to and working halftime or not at all in the future

Going to Copenhagen Games. It was the most stressful LAN I've been to (for reasons unrelated to the event itself) but seeing my friends made it all worth it. Also the final night of LAN when it was just the TF2 people staying inside the venue and yelling random shit, taking group pictures until we got kicked out was the most memorable night I've experienced in the TF2 community (Did anyone ever post the group pictures? I'm on the sniper mains' group photo)

Going from playing on a 6 year old laptop to 144 Hz in October

The "it begins" thread always brings joy to my heart

budhud has a streamer version which does this
https://github.com/rbjaxter/budhud

just take a look at the _stream_ folder and you'll find what you're looking for in the files

https://i.imgur.com/h0XksGT.png

very sorry for taking 3 days. completely forgot to check the thread!

2 versions. I felt the greyscale hat didn't stand out enough so I made a second version with color on the hat still
https://imgur.com/a/DJlkpIJ