Lol they should make axtinguisher mark wielders for death since every pyro uses that =P

quickfix now OP

I'm most curious about potential tweaks to the quick-fix and vaccinator. It seems like Valve's litmus test for balancing is whether an item is infrequently equipped, and this definitely applies to both of those items. And tweaks to heal-y guns can have really big impacts on games.

qft

I'm really excited about these changes. Keep up the good work!

Hahahahaha, wooow

cp_snakewater_final1

@ #38, it's a class action. Depending on how the class is defined you may be considered a plaintiff "similarly situated." Many of you might have been in a similar situation with the Bank of America class action last year (I know I got a small check in the mail).

No one should make the assumption that filing suit means ESEA is going under. The actual damage caused by the bitcoin mining is probably insignificant in light of the funds ESEA has at its disposal.

As far as the motivation behind filing the law suit, people were mad, they have a right to try and get compensation from a company that effectively lied and stole from them, even if you (or many people) don't care.

We use the aerons at work as well and they're amazing, but we also have these chairs:
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They are very good as well and much less expensive. Extremely sturdy.

I play pocket in a new ugc team and I've just been getting into comp over the last 5 months. I main call for our team. I'm looking for someone to critique my calling, positioning, and dm. I'm also looking for advice on how to improve these areas. I scrim about 12 times a week and spend the rest of my tf2 time in mixes and mge.

We can do basically whatever you want--go over my streams, stvs together, mge, give advice during a scrim, whatever.

Let me know if you want to help out, I'd really appreciate it!

Is there any spectator hud available that will show a player's ammo?

Why not just have a highlander version of a map and a 6v6 version. We already have "pro" versions of maps like viaduct that do what you're saying (open up new pathways). But it might be harder to make a map that's good for 6s and also very good for HL with a few minor changes.

Riffing on what you said about timings, what would the result be if last point was longest, 2nd point intermediate, and mid shortest cap time?

On the one hand, this would make it easier for a team to push off of last, because they'd have much more time to react to the back cap. I'm not sure how this would effect the attacking team: would they be more careful about attacking because they'd fear losing 2nd, or more willing to commit everything they had to a push, because they'd need to with the longer cap time?

Another consideration for game flow is map structure. A lot of maps put teams holding each point on an equal footing, as long as they have even numbers/uber. But a map could be structured like a hill, so that attackers from mid to 2nd and 2nd to last always had height (or other advantages); or like a W, with 2nd on low ground relative to last and mid. Or like a V, where getting to mid from 2nd or to 2nd from last was always easier than the opposite. Arranging advantages like this could be combined with cap timings and round time limits to incentivize different levels of aggression at different points in the game.

I'm really curious what other structural elements of the game--things other than class limits and unlocks--could shape its flow.

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I don't actually understand all the focus on meta-game changes. I mean, how quickly does the meta-game change in football? And that has lots of viewers.