one of, if not the, best players i had the pleasure of playing with in my >5 years playing 6s. can not recommend enough.

(and i mean best along every dimension, both in and out of game)

yes but only to men under 30

b4nny is a grown man and im sure he can handle existing public information being briefly revisited in a doc. i think something in the style of emplemon's hungrybox video could be a big hit, there's a lot to talk about when it comes to b4nny, good and bad.

though in the interest of remaining respectful and professional i would keep it mostly focused on the tf2, bringing in the whole clockwork / lauren stuff seems unecessary, its not like you're lacking material. just the pre froyo -> start of froyo -> ash situation -> dominant period -> RGL era stuff is plenty for an hour long video essay imo

interesting ....

https://i.imgur.com/5lXsbW2.png

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great taste. some of my favorite SF shorts I read this year

learning to be me - greg egan (an implant in your brain observes your every thought and learns how "be you")
the gentle seduction - marc stiegler (one of the best pieces of "post singularity" fiction ive seen)
it looks like you're trying to take over the world - gwern (the classic ai risk parable)

I also read and really liked the Three Body Problem (first contact made by cultural revolution china) books by cixin liu, and blindsight (first contact with very strange aliens) by peter watts.

for non-fiction im currently reading the vital question (research into the first multicellular life on earth) by nick lane and its really good and accessible (i have nothing after highschool biology)

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/130542696312864768/1025098462355796059/dontcometogully.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/uRwawTq_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

ive never really cared about prizes but also never really cared about paying the fee lol. if it goes to stuff like making lan happen then its worth it IMO, though I think EU already runs more lans than NA? so I guess they don't need it.

(btw "ill never see the money because it will just go to sandbaggers" is such a bad mentality lol, do you have no faith in your own improvement? just get good lol)

considering that they did 5 min round resets multiple times in a row seems pretty obvious that they could do it with a 10 min timer. like if u can hold last for 5 min, reset to mid, lose mid, then hold last for another 5 that is basically the same as just holding last for 10

no hate on wg they were playing to win obviously, i think that grands is more of an indictment of the current ruleset/map pool than anything else

this grands is proof that we need to play more koth

https://clips.twitch.tv/AbstruseSaltyLEDCoolStoryBro

no if you're not instantly dropping 400 every game you should probably just quit

the last time pugs were good was 2017-18 pug champ imo at least in terms of public pugs. after that the only way pugs have been good has been private inhouses which will inherently not have many people (and have other downsides like randoming medics)