Most of the really close and fun matches of tf2 I’ve ever played have only been so great because of the NA ruleset. The purely time limit based EU system makes for more a more predictable duration, but it prevents lots of opportunities for resets and comebacks.

I would also not say that halftimes are purely used because of ESEA as well. They’re a really interesting feature of game design that are used in most real sports—they enable teams to reset and change their pace and mentality, and thus create opportunities for comebacks and reward teams with resolve, longevity, and adaptability. In a game with no tactical timeouts, no coaches, and mostly played in BO1 format, they’re a welcome tactical facilitator.

Count DreamHack too

What felt different, both individually and at a team level, between the upper bracket final and the grand final? Which match were you more worried going into?

Do you feel like you had a lot to prove coming into your first season in invite on such a strong roster? Do you think it added more pressure? Do you think it helped you play better?

Does winning invite feel like an endgame for you, or do you have bigger goals?

Coming off of the W, how would you feel about people calling you the best demo in invite?

yea, the actual most fair option on paper is to have to have (potential) double grand finals, like they do in melee. this doesn't make logistical sense for games where a match can take hours, so map disad is a compromise that's actually generally* more biased to the lower bracket team

my autoexec refuses to exec on launch, and edits i make to any of my cfgs dont actually change anything in game, even when i manually exec them
i have all of them in the cfg/user folder as well as duplicates in the cfg folder

good opportunity here, b0nes is a vocal maincaller with a lot of passion, and a good team leader

idk why this post has the word "amateur" in it
empyrean literally likes to play medic, and would do well on a good IM team if people have good mental
she listens well (even to morons like me) and is overall good to work with

it really is incredible how poorly the government has communicated things to people on nearly every single topic related to the pandemic
then take that spineless, indecisive, and vague source of information and layer sensationalist, agenda-driven media on top

at least in mkultra people got free lsd

u CANNOT be all suckin urself off like "mfs on my dick" and "dont @ me" and then also say reddit shit like way to straw man my argument

this thread got sent into a time warp

shut up

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/230124267222728715/874556803940220928/unknown.png

same, i got a strange pro og for like $50 and collectors gunboats for like $30, didnt touch the game for 4 years, and now theyre collectively like $400

lol none of this explains why the backpack.tf price is 5x what it was this time last year
im pretty sure i got mine for like $16 in like 2013, and it was $20 in 2020, yet today it's $96

YA IM SURE THIS WILL END WELL