oh boy is it this time again

Right y'know what I can't even decide, I have like 3+ players for every position so fuck it THREE TEAMS IT IS

Token Australian
Scout: schocky + clockwork
Roamer: Seagull
Pocket: yuki
Demo: Kaidus
Medic: PYYYOUR

b4nny and Euro Gimmicks, Together at Last
Scout: Zebbosai + enigma
Roamer: jukebox
Pocket: grape
Demo: b4nny
Medic: shade

Meme Team Supreme
Scout: Ruwin + Stark
Roamer: ShaDowBurn
Pocket: TLR
Demo: numlocked
Medic: Mirelin

If for some reason you wish to indulge me and my half-baked ideas: I puposely mixed together players from different regions because I would love to see some theorycrafting on which of these three teams, assuming all players were in their primes, would come 1st/2nd/3rd in some kind of ridiculous three-way round robin for the sake of my own bored curiosity

WE GON' RUN THIS TOWN

Fucking awesome turn of events, wonderful to see this happen for what's shaping up to be such a great event.

Considering I cannot stand TF2 font huds, I'm amazed by how sick this still looks to me. Those animations are some premium-grade excellence.

Also as a writer god damn that is some talent, keeping to the Saxton character so well. Hats off (HEH)

https://9832f609ca2a0fb691cf916c402c62101b3db326.googledrive.com/host/0BxBvwTNkZ68ZOE5LQm9Jd0tKM1E/Vanguard_2.png

You 'eard the lad, not even a giggle about 'er Maj or oi'll plow yer fields proper-loike ya mug.

Who's laughing now, Putin?! ShaDowBurn could've made Russia RICH!

DOTA FORTRESS HYPE

$100,000 donation goal: drafting is Sideshow vs ppd

Great finals, most of Dust2 was insane, lightly salted about nV loss but entirely deserved from Fnatic - not exactly one of my favourite teams to watch but they pulled off some insane shit in that series, some legendary moments and the one member of Fnatic I always enjoy watching didn't disappoint (JW <3)

Incredibly impressive from nV to have made a major finals already, too, and to put on such a workshop at the start of Dust2 - if they can sort their shit in the coming months and iron out some of this tilting, pause allergy and "force-buy-every-round-because-that's-our-schtick-yeahyeah oh what do you mean kenny still can't afford an AWP" nonsense they'll be terrifying.

THESE FINALS ARE MAKING ME MAKE RIDICULOUS NOISES

TaZ, what a class act. Seriously commendable to come to the stage after losing to shush the booing, he could so easily have just gone on with his day.

RELEASE THE KRAKEN

Don't think there's really anything wrong with it as long as the ever present cool/not-cool border isn't crossed, even though I'm not really a fan of it myself (and will reign in teammates if I think they're going overboard with it). Even then, I still can't help but partake from time to time; there's an aspect of plain old human nature to it, I feel. Sometimes you just gotta.

And between good friends of course it's just no-holds-barred extra-spicy roasty toasty funtime

Besides I'm not exactly the hardest player in the world to tilt and even still, if I ever find myself getting genuinely distracted or annoyed by shittalk because I'm already in a bad mood or whatever it's easy enough to just hud_saytext_time 0 and be done with it if it's really a problem

yo for those of you who have not tried cauliflower steak seriously try cauliflower steak

I actually don't usually like cauliflower all that much unless it's cauliflower cheese but cauliflower steak is some post-god-tier vegetable usage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd4zqUFMSuw

Also sweetcorn, red and yellow bell peppers (fuck green for most dishes IMO), chilis, onions, sweet potato, broccoli, carrots, brussels sprouts, the list goes on

(also beetroot - gonna be trying beetroot tortellini for the first time in a couple weeks HYPE)

...

ESEX... TF2?

i know what i must do

maybe

i dunno

probably not

Also “The Gun Mettle Update is the first in a multi-stage process by Valve to merge two of our non-Dota-2 games: That One FPS We Own: Global Offensive and That Other FPS, the One with the Russian Guy 2” is a line that I really kinda wish I'd come up with myself now

NiP magic