Lol, watching Getawhale's stream atm and supply cabinets are invisible.

Was hoping the survey would be stuff like, "Do you like crits? Would you like class limits?". :(

Don't really see the point in pick/ban. There's a bunch of awful shit that's gonna make it in with only 3 bans, at that point you may as well just let all the BS in, no?? If it's there so people sign up knowing they can ban some weapons I don't think it really matters. People are still gonna play with $2k on the line.

And one scout limit? That's obviously just so teams are forced to run a class not usually used. With unlocks I think we'd see heavy to mid and shit anyway so it's kinda irrel. It's just restricting team composition options.

I think diff maps/all unlocks would be better if you want to run some rando tournament. Maybe CL2 across the board apart from medic or something.

I think it's a by-product from how the observers are capturing fights. Constant chopping and changing between first person, third person, and static camera angles. It's not a job I envy. They kind of remind me of DotA fights where you've got a bunch of abilities going off but instead of an overhead view where you can see everything you kind of have to view it in first person. Well, I wish they would, anyway.

There were two occasions SDB activated ult as genji and they cut to some rando static camera???? There were a fights happening in doorways and they'd spec them from a static view looking in, couldn't see shit. What are other people's opinions on camera angles? I really don't like anything that's not FP during fights. I know people like to xD but there is still aiming and movement involved and I'd like to see that.

I imagine overtime the observers will get better at knowing who to spec based on what ults are up and the stage of the fight, but tbf there's always going to be some elements of chaos during team fights. I don't think TF2 is any different in that regard.

Also, OW streams look like shit for me. Even at source quality through livestreamer. That can make chaotic fights harder to follow.

Yes, definitely, I agree with everything you said. Rereading my comment I was too vague with that statement. They're support has definitely picked up, which is cool to see. When I said lack of support I guess I meant in the past. Like 2-3 years ago, when they were going full ham on the cosmetic updates and such, as Nope eluded to. There was a massive shift in the way the majority of gamers view TF2 and what valve are doing now to try help could unfortunately be too late to rectify the games' image.

This is very subjective and I don't think you should effectively sign off with what is obviously just your personal opinion. It undermines the rest of your argument. The obvious rebuttal for geel would be that yes TF2 as an esport isn't large enough to warrant support, but a large reason for that is because of their lack of support. It goes both ways.

I understand why the devs do their own thing but man this situation would be easier if notable community members could just sit down and have a round table with them. It's not like we have to fly people to Washington, just get in a mumble and tell us what you think competitive tf2 is about. Fundamental shit like class limits, maps, game modes.

I think the majority agree that for any official support we'd need to be playing their rulesets, but if for example they're never going to implement class limits we may as well just part ways with them now and stop pandering to them with whitelists that a majority of players don't like (On the off chance they choose to tune in to "This game used to be fun" vs whoever and see an engy cheesing a last hold by rr'ing their sentry from spawn and agree that it might need a small nerf, though one that won't piss off pubbers), in hope of some future monetary support.

Aside note: I wonder how much more intimate the devs and players would be if the majority of people that played were competitive? I imagine the weight of the casual community is quite overbearing. Pushing an update that focuses solely on competitive focused weapon and class balance is probably quite daunting, especially with the ease at which entitled gamers can post ridiculous shit on reddit and such. Redditors know that in a lot of cases if they complain enough they can revert changes, regardless of if they're bad or not. It's insane. I'm honestly scared of how reddit will react if they give pyro a proper rework.

Why is the hud bar and payload marker that moves along the opposite colour of the attacking team? Also this stage the attacking team is blue but in the previous map it was red?

Small complaint, but consistency is also nice.

E: Oh, nvm, teams are a colour rather than attack/defence. I still don't see why the bar and markers are the opposite colour, lol.

I understand it's subjective for every user and their system but there's no way I'd buy a 1080p monitor anymore. Obviously YMMV but I don't personally know anyone who hasn't had a monitor outlive their PC, and we're getting to the point where most GPUs will be able to run it, especially if you are utilizing adaptive sync.

Depending on your GPU and that $400 budget I think you should also consider the new Dell S2417DG. It's a bit above budget but hear me out. ---> It has a really light anti-glare coating in comparison to competitors, 165 Hz OC Gsync or 120 Hz ULMB, and 1440p at 24inch will be crisp af. From the few user reports so far it doesn't seem to experience the vertical artifacting that the 27 inch 1440p TN monitors tend to show, and the UFO test is super crispy with minimal inverse ghosting from the images I've seen. Plus it's a dell so the design wasn't gamer-fied. It's shaping up to be a really fucking good 24 inch gaming monitor. I'm eagerly waiting for them to hit the Aus. market.

Having said that, if all you need/want is 1080p, I really recommend that you just get one second hand and save some cash. OR you wait for the native 240 Hz panels shipping early 2017.

Also myself and Setsul have both explained at multiple points in the 144 Hz monitor thread why the VG248QE is a bad monitor. I don't recommend it regardless of what you pay for it.

IMO if rulesets were to be standardised it'd be from both sides finding a satisfactory middle ground. I don't see either side backing down and conforming to the other ruleset. Discussion's been had plenty of times before.

It surprises me that people were ever in favour of mid-round coaching in both cs and tf2. I can't think of many games played at a competitive level where one of the biggest, if not most, defining characteristic of a player's skill isn't having good game sense. Taking this out of the player's hand just seems strange af to me. I couldn't care less if you frag better without having to read the flow of the game and manage your team. In my eyes that falls under being good, the best, at the game.

I know this isn't a csgo forum but like, related I guess, when people ask for help because they're plateauing, the one thing every single person says is, "watch demos, improve your game sense, work on your ability to make good mid-round calls", yet at the top of the scene they've got a 6th man telling the players what to do. Eh?

I'm not good at games though, so maybe I don't see it from the same perspective. Thoughts appreciated.

E: gg to all teams and crew at the event though. Every game casted on tftv was a banger.

Kaidus yesterday after UBF: "I call literally everything."

Kaidus after winning GF: "I'm a coach. I don't really do that much."

Neat.

Freestate had an awesome LAN. I know the clockwork carry is mostly just people (badly) memeing but if you forget CW's ridiculous trademark "I'm gonna go die" *gets 2k with med pop* I think free filled the role pretty well, considering it was his first LAN and you've got soldiers going to pound town.

I think they were heavily let down by the inconsistency of the projectile classes. Also on a lot of occassions two players would go down at crucial moments in different parts of the map.

B4nny had a good tournament as always. They look like a completely different team when he's up.

Fuck me sideways, these Froyo Jasmine matches are tighter than a nun's proverbial.

Wasn't streamed unfortunately.

One more time is the equivalent of saying again. Which would probably be a lot less attractive on a poster.

I do agree it's somewhat confusing at first glance when brushing over it, I had the same initial reaction until I reread it.

Think I broke something. Left halfway through picking a team using my phone with intent to finish later but having come back there's no team under my profile and when I click create team nothing happens.

Tried on a couple of devices. Will try computer in a bit too to see if it's any different.

E: Gave it halfa and it worked. (y)