DUNE: Read the first one, was pretty decent, unsure if I'll continue with the others in the series as yet.

I read The First Law and The Age of Madness series (including the stanadlones) by Joe Abercrombie. Really enjoyed this series, the characters are really well done with each having a uniqueness to them, although one does seem to get a bit repetitive... It's pretty gory and grim with no real happy endings for anyone.

I finished WOT. Which was a massive slog, by the end I just powered through it like I was shitting my guts out after getting food poisoning. Some moments were really cool and enjoyable, others felt really rushed and suddenly cut off. I also realised that the guy(s) can't write romance or anything to do with women that well.

Finished the stormlight archive as well, which was alright, I think it's rather overrated. There were some great moments in the books, some interesting concepts that I wanted to read more of, but other than that some of the character progression just seemed really sudden and out of the blue. It also read like there was a bit of "fan service" going on as some stuff just seemed really out of place.

Currently reading Malazan Book of the Fallen. And it's really good but INCREDIBLY complicated sometimes, it's a bit like the China Mieville books but slightly more contained in universe and a lot more of them. At the moment I'm really enjoying the books, I'm on the fourth currently. Unsure if I'll read the spinoffs afterwards.

Want to read: House of Leaves
And some Adrian Tchaikovsky books seem really intersting.
At the moment I'm mainly reading fanasty and sci-fi books. I'd want to branch out a bit more at some point to other genres.

to add to this, there was a bug on one of the versions (unsure if its still there) that actually made projectiles (specifically stickies) act like there was water in water ...so they wouldn't go as far, despite there being no water in water... SPOOKY!!!

i can also vouch for cashout.tf. the guy I sold my stuff to on there (thi3fling/mr.biggums) was insanely thorough, advised me on getting the best conversion rates and did a bank transfer that went through the next working day.

Honestly this is one of the funniest things I've read.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ3inCS0hII

what we really need is a mod that makes tf2 an e-sport

look for operator chairs, they are designed for work environments and are tested to higher standards than most consumer office chairs. They come with a longer warranty because they are often tested for continuous usage.

The only downside to these I guess is that you really shouldn't sit like a goblin on them, they are designed to have you in the correct sitting position so will be uncomfortable if you sit like gollum sometimes.

dunno why people are jumping on someone that just wants to run a small cup with some prizes...

good luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eEcctQZ1PA

For me at least I think a pug system can be successful with the following:
- Game not starting within 5 minutes will end the pug and ban the players who didn't join for 24 hours. Don't add up if you're not ready to play. It's not that hard.
- 24 hour ban if subbed after a certain amount of games (3 subbed = 24 hours ban, then reset)
- Clear mumble channels after game ends. It was really annoying joining a mumble channel to play and it's filled with 5+ people from the last game screaming at each other. Just move everyone to a post game channel afterwards.
- Mirror bans from ETF2L.

I like the idea of having captains at peak times and having ELO tied to games that are captained at least.

I think the biggest challenge is the moderation. And I think it actually applies a lot more to the B pugs mainly. As those are the ones that end up just getting ruined by a captain that was desperate to put themselves on scout.

The system where if you got 5-0'd you got a captain ban was a good idea. But I'd like to see a decent report system for players/captains. Not to report for the skill level part but mainly for the behavior.

also forgot another product: https://www.amazon.co.uk/DELTAHUB-Carpio-2-0-Right-Handed-Anti-Fatigue/dp/B098PD9LSC

It's a small wrist rest with ptfe feet on the underside, so an extension of your mouse kinda. I've heard a few good things about these.

Also forgot about another mouse that exists. This one I'm currently reviewing: https://www.keychron.com/collections/mice-collection/products/keychron-m6-wireless-mouse

Good sensor, 4000hz version available. Around 78g.

It's designed similarly to the Logitech MX Master mice that are often mentioned when it comes to more ergonomically friendly mice. But the M6 is actually able to play games with.

The Trust GXT 144 as mentioned above is pretty much the only vertical mouse that has 1000hz polling from what I've seen. There's some others that exist on amazon but they are mainly just OEM garbage that have different names. Anything that has at least 10,000 DPI should hopefully be 1000hz if they don't mention in it their product pages.

I used the GXT 144 quite a bit and it's pretty decent. I found it comfortable to use and didn't take long for me to adjust to it either. There's a few downsides to it though.

1. Because of how you hold it, it can be a bit top heavy. Sometimes the mouse would tilt to one side especially when swiping.
2. The mouse feet were pretty awful. You might be able to rectify this with some after market skates. Dot skates would be best, just make sure they are around 0.7mm thick.

Outside of that the only thing you can do is to actually look at your setup in general.

Everything from desk height to in game sensitivity can cause pain when playing. Sometimes things like tension whilst playing can be a key contributor as well. There's so many factors that can cause pain that it's best to find out what the root cause is as you might end up going down a rabbit hole and still find no proper solution to your issue.

am i chill?