you guys should have found dave__ac. he was there.

look at this dork! he made a typo! roflmao

never forget black wednesday.

it's not that i want a plot, the shorts all already have plots. along with the comics that valve has been releasing, the shorts have established a narrative to the game that's both interesting and adds to the entertainment value. that's what plots usually do to games when they're done well. also "stupid and incoherent" isn't at all how i (and likely a multitude of other people) would describe the overarching plot and how it's developed so far. there's obviously been a lot of careful thought put into the personalities and backstories of each character, as well as the universe itself.

on another note, i think it's pretty clear that i don't have a "heart-wrenching drama" in mind with regard to tf2's plot. but to say that tf2 doesn't need an interesting or compelling narrative is completely silly considering that, funny enough, it already has one.

all i'm saying is that the most recent short didn't have a very interesting plot; unlike many of the others, which always sortof had a wonderous aspect included that introduced us to the tf2 world a little more. the focus placed on the inclusion of this polly(?) character and the relationship with scout (whose role in the tf2 universe i still don't fully understand. is she their manager?), felt forced and like she (and it) didn't really belong.

there were a couple moments where the voice acting sounded a bit weird, but i really couldn't give a fuck about that...

Ah yeah, what I meant was more to the taste of: was anyone else disappointed with these aspects?

hype and potential content aside, was anyone else as disappointed as I was with the plot from this short? there were little things that I liked from it, like the tumor bread concept, and just about anything that the soldier had to say, but aside from that it felt like they sorta squandered the potential that was available with such a diverse set of characters. instead of writing something unique, they went with the cliched, "guy has goal he wants to accomplish; other guy who main guy clashes with teaches guy to accomplish goal; teachings fail and main guy accomplishes goal by using characteristic he had all along" plot, which felt contrived, and just generally banal in comparison to what they've made in the past. I could hardly sit through it.

it's possible that making such a long "short" (heh) is still something new to valve or that it might not be their best interest to put that much effort into a story for this in the first place (it's a promo for a game after all), either way I can't help but feel disappointed; like this short doesn't do justice to the allure of the game's universe that the other shorts projected.

Droogs airshots in that video are some of the most goddamn amazing anomalies to ever occur in this game, next to me playing in invite. That video is a favorite of mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt9-qUc549s

not if dimento keeps popping kritz on panic. i don't even think he's 1:1 in kills:kritz

It's quite likely that I'll have a PC available to lend to someone. I'll be trading it's use to whomever can do more pushups than me.

fuck u shwan.

just had to buy a new car myself, and had almost the exact specs that you sound like you're looking for; went through consumer reports to find one. the new VW's aren't rated very highly as far as reliability goes, although they do get fine gas mileage.

i decided to go with a 2013 honda fit sport, these are stats and shit that i went with and why
-$15,000 - cheap as fuck, and you can probably get it down to 14,000 if you haggle. they're trying to get rid of them because they have 2014 models coming in soon

-manual transmission - about $2000 cheaper than the automatic model, and will give you 33ish to 32ish mpg average. about 1 or 2 mpg more on average than the automatic.
-rims - not for aesthetic purposes but resale value instead, although they do look nice
-doesn't look as dumb and shitty as the basic model

invite

jk, i can.

http://i.imgur.com/NSFtOyG.png

checkmate.

oh, i can't?