Super interesting read thanks for posting Marxist. I totally agree on must of the points, and I'd say for sure leading a team or even just being a good teammate is definitely applicable to the real world. I think biggest game changer in terms of tf2 stuff for me at least was the praising accomplishments thing, because it can literally transform a toxic mumble atmosphere almost instantly and help hype up your teammates and get them all in the zone as well. Insisting that you know better than your teammates and bringing up arguments mid game 100% takes them out of the present moment and makes people play worse for sure.

I noticed a similar thing when learning about mindfulness, I found that a lot of the skills that are required to be a good competitor and receptive teammate go hand in hand with that stuff. Focusing on the game during a match and staying present no matter what crazy stuff happens and just letting it go is totally in the same vein as being present and letting go of your thoughts/emotions. Getting out of autopilot and focusing for long periods of time seems to me to be flexing the same sort of muscle as practicing mindfulness works on.

There are definitely a lot of shared skills, and I've even found that if I meditate for 45 minutes before scrims I actually play a lot better and am completely present and don't get tilted by stuff I would usually be frustrated by. Granted, it's also obviously important to play the game and practice mechanics and be warned up but honestly pugs can be so frustrating that it can just bring me into scrims in a horrible mood which is never something you want. I don't think people appreciate the significance of the mental game when talking about tf2, cause there's literally no way you're going to have any crazy comebacks or end of match clutches unless you're completely present and you aren't outcome dependent thinking about the possibility of losing and missing playoffs (I remember thinking this in S27 with velocity, I was ready to leave the sevrer after dropping uber and being pushed back to our own last and going down 4-0 but then I focused up and let go and we ended up miraculously coming back and winning). Patience is another thing that I actually found I had cultivated through playing tf2 (and medic in specific), being patient and waiting for the correct opportunity to arise and not pushing it and forcing something out of impatience is super important ofc.

Dreamboat Marxist cast hype!!! Wish I wasn't playing my own match so I could watch live lmao

Swelan was awesome as everyone has said because it was only tf2 and it was very social and cozy feeling, totally different than the experience at insomnia for example where there's a handfull of tf2 people and a sea random people playing other games (though of course being in the crowd for the grand finals at i63 was insane).

I really enjoyed rewind 2 as well playing up on the stage and the fact that it was so tf2 focused. Then they screened the ready up documentary and it really felt like the whole community was united there as a big family. Was also really cool getting to see muma and bren/sideshow and hanging at the after party at sami's. Wish I had gotten to socialize more at wade's after party on the final day tho, unfortunately I was zooted out of my fuckin mind cause sideways whoopi goldberg decided to give me way too strong an edible and I was basically just an incapacitated couch potato sitting there lmfao (then I had to go home early cause I was all paranoid and wasnt feeling well, pretty lame way to end a lan)

I find it interesting that there seems to be a consensus that the winger is overpowered/should be banned in europe but meanwhile in NA I don't think anyone has talked about banning it (tho its probably cause banny doesnt use it lol)

gotta say this filter is slightly less bad than the discord bot that did the same thing (only slightly tho)

dang tho.... girl blaze lookin pretty cute....

cu@

How am I supposed to maintain my NEET status if I get a job....

I read the tag as 8K for a sec :o
Go shamoo and rekubo!!!

I think I'm gonna stream and/or upload my pov so people can see the game, mad busy with finals atm tho

shame there was no stv that was the closest game ive played in a long time
ggs to nuketown

people are going to fly either way might as well just do cali cause the weather is nice and it's close to so many people (or just work with the RGB people)
nobody wants to go to a lan in fucking Milwaukee in january LMAO

that said i still dont understand where these big prize pools are coming from and am very skeptical if it would be sustainable (or maybe sigafoo's pockets are full of infinite Dollar)

Idk why I'm even bothering to entertain popo's autism but you do realize that looking at pug logs isn't the only way to diagnose someone's skill as a player right? For any non sandbagging retards who actually played against hell's kitchen last season, Pete was definitely one of the better players. He also made invite playoffs twice with meat market and then velocity with me and his sniper/spy/backcap plays were what won us a lot of games and he obviously had the game knowledge and mechanical ability to not shit the bed and anchor us as an IM player like u say lmao.

Really shouldn't need to even say this because popo's arguments vanish as soon as you realize how big of a hypocrite he is for consistently sandbagging open and pretending to be a 'pubber medic' while simultaneously shit talking someone eons better than he or his beloved JM will ever be simply because of playing in the correct division and not being a gigantic pussy. Get called out by valid reasoning? Better shift the blame and personally attack whoever dare slander my pubber name. Btw if JM is the godsend you think he is why hasn't he won lan yet? The dude 'doesnt care about tf2' but yet goes to every GXL/RGB and mainclasses and tries to get as many invite players as he can to try and stack the team but still nearly loses to an IM pug team with me on full time pyro. Got absolutely dumpstered despite him and newspeak playing scout and somehow finished behind beelthazus on medic, and behind brian on feed roamer lmao that's just sad man.

You retards could certainly play IM (and should have been automatically moved tbh) but you refuse to. The unfortunate truth that nobody's gonna pick up a giant shitlord idiot like u for their IM team doesn't mean ur team belongs in open, you have more experience personally than plenty of IM players and you've literally won open multiple times you can't pull that bullshit. I sandbagged open one season with wrech after my invite team didn't make playoffs and got a free check but you won't see me trying to rationalize that shit lol even on soldier I (and the rest of the team) shouldn't have been in open.

Wanted to say this just so people know stupid this argument is, but I know popo and milter will surely be sitting in a mumble eating this shit up like 'we sure got em good, those tftv people are triggered!!'

I must tacitly support all med mains who are freed from the prison that is medic class and allowed to play soldier, follow your dreams daff

Bought my ticket, looks like I'm taking the NEET-Mobile down from bean town with saam & spades, cu@

fruit vendors strat was a legendary moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJM3qZtk14