not an etf2l admin but this seems like a case where the person who got banned can easily get unbanned, or at least their time reduced, by talking to the admins. they're regretting their actions, so if they just go talk to someone and say something like "i'm sorry, i said that because {whatever}" it would be totally unreasonable for anyone to say "nah 5 years is 5 years GLHF" to that.

i feed off the government by quote unquote studying

i can program

You can also go the LTS route. Microsoft has ISO's for Long Term Service, which do not include apps like Paint 3D, new calculator, store, xbox overlay, Edge etc.

updates will mostly only be security updates and features only roll around once every three years. Problem is that it's meant for enterprise applications and not home use, so you'll have to find the ISO yourself. This still keeps minimal telemetry unlike ShutUp10, Blaackbird and W4RH4WK, but it's ready to roar out of the box with a simple visit to Ninite and your graphics card vendor's site.

I would recommend Linux Mint as an ItJustWorks™ solution, but I had and still have issues with mouse sensitivity on Linux, where flat acceleration profiles still lead to inconsistent mouse behavior (pointer appearing on different points on screen despite moving from edge to edge on mousepad). Though I couldn't find anyone else with this issue, so it's very possible it's a me problem.

Plus it's possible to just reserve like forty/fifty gigs to Linux, get TF on that and give it a go, and if you don't like it, just delete the partitions and extend the Windows one again.
edit: at least with pop!, since it makes its own EFI partition. just realized some distros override Windows' EFI partition with Grub or something, so be careful regarding that.

just bought a g pro damn

hope the person that gets it will enjoy it, had a FK1+ before this, great mouse

TF2L let's goooo

hackers in casual
hackers in low, hackers in mid, hackers in high
hackers in mixes (yes really, it has happened)

cycle of people doing discriminatory shit, no one bats an eye, someone worth their salt calls it out, action is taken to set an example, people celebrate and say "okay, NOW is when we take a stance against this bullshit" and then it's like everyone who's playing tf2 right now collectively forgets about it like we're sleeper agents

casual tf2 isn't really going anywhere regardless of hackers, but new players either hack themselves or won't stick around to learn why we've put in 5k+, 10k+, 15k+ hours in this game. in game competitive is dead. third party competitive is on life support and it's like no one is really sure if we're supposed to pull the plug

yeah right, next thing you'll tell me is that tomatoes are a fruit

Koi
Very good atmosphere

give needles heals \:D/

Helix : u twice get me fly
Helix : i hate this shit named 'air shot'

I get sick when I don't eat actual meat for a while. Supplements haven't helped.

Not as big of a problem here since biological meat is actually considerably cheap here (compared to regular meat, which is pretty damn expensive compared to the US).

kim

DDR2 ftw

Wouldn't mind if it didn't crash daily for me. Overlay shows 0 friends online, and when Steam crashes, TF2 goes with it.

I'm using that old UI posted earlier until they get their shit together

Everyone I've seen playing games always has their keyboard and mouse uncomfortably close to the edge of the desk. I can't play well unless my elbows are either on or barely off of my desk.