In just about every team I've been on and even in most pugs I've played the pocket/passive/cap bitch scout role. Now I'm backing up for a team that has me play quite often and I'm usually replacing their flank scout. I'm fine playing without a ton of heals, I don't die ridiculously often, and I think I'm doing a decent job of being wherever the our combo isn't but I think there's still a lot for me to work on in this role. I'm not really looking for advice about a particular situation because I generally know what I'm supposed to be doing, but some finer guidance on how to play this role more effectively would probably be a big help. If you have any tips I and whoever else is looking for help would really appreciate you posting them, but I think I'm at the point where what would help me the most is going over a demo with someone.

edit: smh meant to post this in the mentoring section plz help

It basically let's u do hammer ons like u would on guitar but on ur keyboard and have u ever seen a good guitarist not use hammer ons nah didn't think so

http://i.imgur.com/9d4jWny.jpg

2nd scoping

This guy told everyone I'm a troll cuz whenever I play I try to troll wtf why don't ppl like me???

http://i.imgur.com/ISGLPm1.jpg

and that's his attitude when he's winning

A guy I know from way back when started a game dev company and has managed to successfully fund their game "Rogues Like us" through kickstarter. I probably should've helped him out by posting it here before the kickstarter ended but I guess this will still help them out a bit. Personally, I'm not so big on roguelikes or diablo-esque games but I figured there would be some people here who might be interested. The game has been greenlit on steam and should be coming out pretty soon so hopefully some of you guys will check the game out after its released :>

"Rogues Like Us is a 3D hack n’ slash rogue-like that combines the gameplay of The Binding of Isaac with the combat of Bastion, and brings it all together with a story and progression system that are based on the weapons you find and use.

In most rogue-like games, the focus is on the character, unlocking new items through gameplay to help them progress, and achieving a goal that the character has. The core of Rogues Like Us revolves around the weapons you find, rather than the people. These aren’t normal weapons, but Soul Conduits that feed off of your life force, giving you immense power in return.

Each rogue you play as will die, and with each death the weapons you use will feed and become stronger, imbuing even more power into the next rogue that comes along. These weapons are important to your clan, they protect the people you love. So what if you die? Maybe your efforts will provide enough power for the next rogue to achieve what you failed to do."

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2008028299/rogues-like-us-3d-hack-n-slash-roguelike/description

you can download the demo for pc and mac @ http://www.oddbytegames.com/demo

Anybody know of a protein bar that doesn't make your mouth drier than a girl gamer in mumble with a pyro main? I like those cliff builder bars but they make me so thirsty.

fuckin lime scouts!!!

No it's not.

Known this guy for a while now. Friendly, chill, and good at video gaming.

I let my mouth hang open when I'm gaming super hard

Not an original idea by any means but maybe if we could find a way to encourage the usage of backpacks we could see less stalemates. They'd give teams another reason to push and different teams/maps would use different banners which would make things more interesting from a spectators standpoint. I suspect that a lot of spectators who dont know anything about comp have a hard time seeing the differences in playstyles. 6v6 is symmetrical in team and often weapon composition most of the time so making teams more easily discernable would give new players something intuitive for them to analyze. They also make the stalemates themselves a little more interesting since spam actually leads to something.

That being said, there are definitely some problems with banners. They gimp you so fucking hard as a soldier until you can actually use them so running them on mids is almost never a good idea. Though I guess that is a good thing becuase it encourages aggressive mids opposed to 2009 style waddle pocket mids. In comparison to mediguns banners are very hard to track becuase they charge through damage and not through something that can be done at a consistent rate all of the time. I don't think there needs to be a huge change in how they charge, but making it more visually clear to players that someone is wearing a backpack and making it more obvious when someone's banner is charged would help a lot.

Now that i think of it, It would be pretty cool if valve gave demo a backpack. Im a terrible demo so im not too confident in the following but I believe it wouldn't have the problem soldier does with banners being a huge gimp until they're actually charged.

What if we all ask our moms if we can borrow 10 bucks